The tanker Polaris evades boarding by seven men in a skiff in the Gulf of Aden; arriving USS Vella Gulf arrests seven men matching descriptions given by Polaris crew and finds weapons on their skiff. (ONI Worldwide Threat to Shipping, 02/12/09)
The arrest was the first such for a CTF 151 vessel. The Polaris is a Marshall Islands-flagged motor vessel. (American Forces Press Service, 02/11/09)
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Tracking Somali Pirates year-by-year
Somali Piracy Yearbook: The 2008 Edition
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This is a project preliminary to the publication of the Somali Piracy Yearbook 2009 on 1/21/09 which follows the Somali Piracy Yearbook 2008 available from Amazon.
This blog has two kinds of entries, labeled INCIDENT and COMMENT. In the case of INCIDENT entries, the time/date stamp is the date of the incident not the date of posting. In the case of COMMENT entries, the time/date info is as of posting.
This blog has two kinds of entries, labeled INCIDENT and COMMENT. In the case of INCIDENT entries, the time/date stamp is the date of the incident not the date of posting. In the case of COMMENT entries, the time/date info is as of posting.
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February
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- Incident: Bulk carrier evades boarding
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- Incident: NATO to boost anti-pirate forces
- Incident: Russia detains pirates
- Incident: Iranian fishing vessel attacked
- Incident: Prem Divya attacked
- Incident: Crude tanker attacked
- Incident: Bulk carrier fired upon
- Incident: Samonyolu attackers put in Dutch hands
- Incident: Polaris attacked
- Incident: Bulk carrier evades boarding
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