I guess its not the Somalis this time.
That wasn’t a joke. These people may not be interested in ransom.
I hope it’s not what we are all afraid of.
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Note: The following report is a quote:
http://www.icc-ccs.org/index.php?option=com_fabrik&view=table&tableid=70&calculations=0&Itemid=82
Live Piracy Report
The IMB Live Piracy Report displays all Piracy and Armed Robbery incidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre in the last ten days. Click on the map for more details.
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03.08.2009: 2245 UTC: Posn: 05:28.44N - 005:04.41E, Escravos anchorage, Nigeria.
Five robbers wearing masks armed with automatic guns in a speed boat boarded a refrigerated cargo ship at anchor. They opened fire and kidnapped five crewmembers and escaped. The remaining nine crew were not injured and they sailed the ship to open sea.
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04.08.2009: 1310 UTC: Posn: 13:32N - 048:50E, Gulf of Aden.
Eight pirates armed with automatic guns in a 7-8 meter long, blue coloured wooden boat, approached a general cargo ship underway at 15-17 knots. They fired upon the ship and attempted to board her several times. Master raised alarm, increased speed, took evasive manoeuvres, and activated SSAS, contacted coalition warships. Pirates aborted the attempted attack due to the effective anti-piracy measures. A coalition helicopter arrived at the location at 1341 UTC.
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03.08.2009: 1500 UTC: Posn: 13:46.50N – 050:42.30E, Gulf of Aden.
Ten heavily armed pirates in two boats fired upon a bulk carrier underway. The pirates fail to board the vessel due to evasive action taken by the master. All the crew and the ships properties are safe.
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02.08.2009: 0130 LT: Posn: 02:51.65N – 105:06.12E, South China Sea.
Five pirates on a boat armed with knives boarded a tug boat underway. All the crew mustered and managed to chase the pirates back into their boat. One crew slightly injured.
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27.07.2009: 2355 LT: Posn: 01:05.41S – 048:29.08W, Mosqueiro anchorage, Brazil.
Robbers armed with knives boarded a bulk carrier at anchor. They tied up the watch keepers hands and stole ship’s stores and escaped.
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02.08.2009: 2317 UTC: Posn: 03:55.461N – 006:37.321E: Bonny river, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Heavily armed pirates in two speedboats, seven in each boat approached and opened fire on a bulk carrier at anchor. The vessel immediately heaved anchor and proceeded to open seas for safety reasons. One crew injured.
but this whole story sounds bizzare. because it took them 10 days to report to the police that the ship was hijjacked???
a short video reporting about this ship.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/8196583.stm
this is really strange because how in this world can someone hijjack a ship and nobody stops them in this part of the world?
So did they get off the boat 12 hours later or not? That is confusing me.
Just like schools, ships might as well post signs there are no guns aboard and bad guys are free to kill and take what they wish.
Ship hijack ping - passed through the English Channel....maybe.