A bulk carrier 110NM northwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen, not otherwise identified, is chased by 30 men carrying rifles and rocket propelled grenades in three speedboats. The carrier escaped through evasive action. (ONI Worldwide Threat to Shipping, 7/8/09)
The crew deterred boarding with fire hoses and "high voltage cables around the ship." (ICC/IMB Website)
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Tracking Somali Pirates year-by-year
Somali Piracy Yearbook: The 2008 Edition
About This Blog
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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Blog Archive
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2009
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June
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- Incident: Red Sea and Gulf states to set up TF
- Incident: Pompei released
- Incident: General cargo ship fired upon
- Incident: Bolan fired upon
- Incident: Maersk Phoenix attacked
- Incident: Serenity hostages released
- Incident: Tanker pursued
- Incident: Bulk carrier pursued
- Incident: Tanker fired upon
- Incident: Bulk carrier evades pursuers
- Incident: Tanker pursued
- Incident: Tanker pursued by armed men
- Incident: Tanker fired upon
- Incident: Chemical tanker pursued
- Incident: Charelle taken
- Analysis: IMB urges "citadels" on board
- Incident: Bulk carrier attacked
- Incident: Combined Maritime Forces warns shippers
- Incident: Bulk carrier fired upon
- Incident: Aisha fired upon
- Incident: Bulk carrier fired upon
- Incident: Vessel fired upon
- Incident: Bulk carrier taken
- Incident: Tanker fired upon
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June
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