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MV Feisty Gas, a liquefied petroleum gas tanker, was seized by Somali pirates. A Hong Kong-based company that owns the vessel reportedly paid $315,000 to a representative of the Somali pirates in Mombasa, Kenya, according to a recent UN report. [10] Kenya: MV Semlow (Freighter) 10 (unknown) Released: 2005-06-27: unknown: 2005-10-03: US$50,000
Somali pirates which captured MV Faina, a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and military hardware, accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and declared that the $8m ransom for the return of the ship will go towards cleaning up the waste. The ransom demand is a means of "reacting to the toxic waste that has been ...
From 2012, the number of Somali piracy attacks declined sharply as counter-piracy measures - a greater international naval presence; legislation to prosecute suspected pirates within the region ...
The Dai Hong Dan incident took place on 29 October 2007, when the North Korean cargo vessel MV Dai Hong Dan (Korean: 대홍단호) was attacked and temporarily seized by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. [3] The following day, the crew of the vessel overpowered the pirates with the support of a US naval vessel. [4] [5] [6]
According to a Somali elder, once the pirates learned that the ship was going to India to pick up food aid to bring back to Somalia, they freed the vessel. [60] United States: MV Liberty Sun : 20 (US food aid) Capture failed: 2009-04-14: unknown: Capture failed: The pirates attacked the ship, but failed to get aboard. [61]
Somali pirates captured a Bolivian-flagged ship in the Maldives' Exclusive Economical Zone 193 mi (311 km) northwest off Hoarafushi island. The vessel which was bound for Iran with a cargo of sugar from Brazil is owned by an Iranian company. It was the first such incident to take place directly in Maldive waters.
On 12 October 2008, Somali security forces engaged in a shoot-out with the pirates, resulting in a death of a pirate and of a Somali soldier. [55] The security forces also captured two pirate speedboats. Two days later, Somali forces liberated the ship, and 10 hijackers were arrested. [56] Panama ( Greece) MV Action (chemical tanker) 20 (unknown)
List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2008; List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009; List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2010; List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2011; List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2012; MV Sinar Kudus hijacking; MV Sirius Star; German tanker Spessart; KD Sri Indera Sakti; MV Stolt ...