Freighter attacked in Gulf of Guinea, 9 crew kidnapped

Maritime Bulletin ^ | November 2, 2019 12:15 pm | Mikhail Voytenko

[Fireone]

Possibly, possibly not. Even a weak defense could kill a few pirates, thus discouraging the activity, as a whole. A strong defense could kill a lot of pirates.
First, you must be alerted to the approach, which is what I proposed.

[Rebelbase]

Shipping ping.

[wardaddy]

Nearly 11,000 DWT

when I owned cargo ships in the last century my largest was 7500 DWT

HOUSTON bar to Niger Delta is quite a haul non stop

[wardaddy]

Notice it’s simply a people ransom not a ships ransom

It’s not loaded with crude is why I guess

This also occurred at anchor not while underway

We used to run poles Mobile to Daa Es Saalem in 88/89

Long ass trip in a freighter smaller than this one

Bunkered in Durban...cheap....and illegal ...the embargo....like I cared lol

Maltese flagged vessel

I loved SA then

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

I used to charter PanaMax stuff. 11,000 DWT is a mail run. ;-)

[Pollster1]

The German government will give the kidnappers and their families ASYLUM in Germany (or Sweden), since they face being thrown in prison if they’re returned home. The Russian government will assure that they no longer have families to return to.

Russia is taking its time adjusting to a modern, more gentle world. It turns out that this is a good idea since the modern world is no more gentle than the old world.

[Pollster1]

Of course there would be "world-wide outrage" but the point would have been made.

We need more world-wide outrage. German and Russia need to just ask "you got a problem with that?" and stare real hard at the whiners like they might just be in league with the pirates.