The bulk carrier Yan Dang Hai is attacked in the Gulf of Aden coming under gunfire. The Danish warship Abasalon "responded and seized the pirates’ skiff after the vessel managed to escape. Upon boarding the skiff, they discovered an RPG, four AK-47s, two grenades, and a knife." (ONI Worldwide Threat to Shipping, 03/18/09)
Registered as the "Yandanghai," the 190m vessel is registered in China. (Vesseltracker)
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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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