A helicopter dropped a $4 million ransom on the deck of the De Xin Hai (12/27/09) in an attempt to ransome the ship, its crew of 25 and its cargo of coal (76,000 tonnes). The ship was taken October 19 in the Indian Ocean. (Daily Nation, 10/27/09)
China announced today that the vessel is heading home. (Xinhua, 12/29/09)
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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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December
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- Incident: Crude tanker taken
- Incident: China proposes anti-pirate base
- Incident: Album attacked
- Incident: De Xin Hai released by pirates
- Incident: Ship fired upon
- Incident: Navios Apollon taken
- Incident: Oil tanker attacked
- Incident: St. James Park seized
- Incident: Al Mahmoud 2 taken
- Incident: De Xin Hai released
- Incident: Kota Wajar released
- Analysis: Reuters counts captured ships
- Analysis: Attempts up, hijackings flat in '09
- Incident: CTF 150 gets new commander
- Incident: Italians take command of Atalanta
- Analysis: Lynn Rival uproar endangers minister
- Analysis: EU NAVFOR announces "year of success"
- Incident: Ariana released
- Incident: Bulk carrier fired upon, catches fire
- Incident: Crude tanker fired upon
- Incident: Fishing vessel taken
- Incident: General cargo vessel fired upon
- Incident: Crude tanker fired upon
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December
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