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Somali pirates took North Korean sailors hostage, prompting the United States to come to its aid—an uncommon occurrence between both nations at the time. A U.S. Naval vessel helped North Korean sailors get back their ship. Some Somali pirates were wounded during the operation. North Korea thanked the U.S. for its help shortly afterwards. [48]
Somali pirates with automatic weapons captured the ship, carrying six Kenyans and six Sri Lankans. [17] On February 27, members of the Somali coast guard attempted to take back the ship but failed, and two coast guardsmen were killed. Taiwan: FV Ching Fong Hwa 168 (fishing vessel) 15 (fish) 14 crew released, 1 crew member executed. 2007-04-28 ...
A European naval force detained six suspected pirates on Friday after they opened fire on an oil tanker traveling through the Gulf of Aden, officials said, likely part of a growing number of ...
Somali pirates captured Maran Centaurus some 800 nautical miles (1,500 km; 920 mi) east of Somalia. [131] The ship was carrying US$140 million in crude oil at the time of its capture. [ 132 ] The ship was released on 19 January after a ransom of between US$5,500,000 and $7,000,000 was paid.
Somali pirates in control of a 300,000-ton supertanker carrying $200 million worth of formerly U.S.-bound Iraqi crude have arrived off the coast of Somalia, the European Union naval force said ...
Somali pirates have seized a U.S.-bound tanker carrying $20 million worth of crude oil and taken it to a pirate harbor along the barren desert coast of central Somalia in one of the most audacious ...
General area off the coast of Somalia where the pirates operate Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Somali pirates have threatened international shipping with piracy since the beginning of the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s. This list documents those ships attacked in 2011: for ...
Somalia’s maritime police force on Thursday intensified patrols in the Gulf of Aden following a failed pirate hijacking of a ship earlier this week. The commander of the maritime force in the ...