14 August 2009

Incident: Elgiznur Cebi attacked

The Turkish ship Elgiznur Cebi is attacked in the Gulf of Aden by a speedboat with six men and a ladder aboard. A German helicopter from the warship Bremen fired upon the speedboat; the Greek warship Narvarinon boarded the speedboat and confiscated its ladder and weapons. (ONI Worldwide Threat to Shipping, 8/19/09)

Elgiznur Cebi is a 190 m long cargo ship. (vesseltracker.com)