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In January 2023, the "Indian Ocean High Risk Area" was removed, following no reported attacks by Somali pirates for several years. [12] Piracy resurged in the region during the early 2020s, [103] [104] with incidents of piracy and hijacking in the Somali basin continuing to increase. [105]
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
The Maersk Alabama hijacking began on 8 April 2009, when four pirates in the Somali Basin seized the Danish/U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama at a distance of 240 nautical miles (440 km; 280 mi) southeast of Eyl, Somalia.
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 ...
That year, there were 237 reported attacks in waters off Somalia. Somali piracy in the region at the time cost the world's economy some $7 billion — with $160 million paid out in ransoms ...
Operation Umeed-e-Nuh On August 2, 2010, the MV Suez, a merchant vessel was attacked and hijacked by small arms fire from Somali pirates. After the attack, navies in the area attempted to make contact with the MV Suez, but were unable to do so. The MV Suez has a deadweight tonnage of 17,300 tonnes. [25]
Somali pirates caused havoc in the waters off the east African country's long coastline between 2008 and 2018. They had been dormant until late last year when pirate activity started to pick up again.
When the mother ship broke through the fog and sighted the Arrilah-I, they launched two attack skiffs. The pirates overcame two levels of defences and boarded. A 30-hour struggle for control followed. The pirates used AK-47's, RPG-7's, threw hand grenades into the citadel, and used explosives to break in and set the ship on fire to drive the ...