The Tug "Buccaneer" is taken by pirates in the Gulf of Aden with 16 crew aboard, 10 of them Italians. Claudio Bartolotti, head of Ravenna-based Micoperi Srl says that his company owns the vessel. (Reuters, 09/11/09)
The crew also includes a Croat and five Romanians (AFP, 09/11/09)
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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.
PIRATE WATCHERS
Blog Archive
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2009
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April
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- Incident: Container ship attacked
- Incident: Container ship fired upon
- Incident: Jolly Smeraldo attacked again
- Incident: Titan released
- Incident: Vessel fired upon
- Incident: RoRo fired upon
- Incident: Jolly Smeraldo attacked
- Incident: Vessel fired upon
- Incident: General cargo vessel fired upon
- Incident: General cargo vessel fired upon
- Incident: Russians capture pirates "in the act"
- Incident: Call issued for Somali conference
- Incident: Vessel fired upon
- Crude tanker fired upon, avoids boarding
- Incident: Saldhana released
- Analysis: 10X increase in piracy, year-on-year
- Incident: Qana (Gana) retaken
- Incident: Commander attacked
- Incident: Sea Princess II freed
- Incident: Ariva 3 attacked
- Incident: General cargo vessel fired upon
- Incident: Melody attacked
- Incident: Patriot taken
- Analysis: Roundup
- Incident: Stolt Strenth stranded
- Incident: Somali PM urges no ransoms
- Incident: Stolt Strength released
- Incident: General cargo ship fired upon
- Incident: Phillipines bans sailors from pirate waters
- Incident: New Legend Honor fired upon
- Analysis: Dutch decry navy for pirate release
- Incident: Atlantica attacked
- Incident: Sea Horse released
- Incident: Handytankers Magic attacked
- Incident: Pompei taken
- Incident: Front Ardenne attacked
- Incident: Crude tanker chased
- Incident: Chemical tanker attacked
- Incident: Crude tanker chased
- Incident: General cargo vessel chased
- Incident: Crude tanker fired upon
- Incident: EU forces get boost
- Incident: Danish vessel attacked
- Incident: German lawyers deploy to defend pirates
- Analysis: Pirate marked for NYC trial
- Analaysis: Pirates "known" to Somali government
- Analysis: US unveils anti-piracy policy
- Analysis: Roundup
- Incident: Puntland sentences 37 pirates
- Incident: Titan released
- Incident: France opts to try Tanit pirates
- Incident: Container ship fired upon
- Incident: Crude tanker chased
- Analysis: Why modern navies fear Somali pirates
- Incident: Liberty Sun attacked
- Incident: Safmarine Asia attacked, pirates captured
- Incident: Sea Horse taken
- Incident: Irene taken
- Incident: Two Egyptian fishing boats taken
- Incident: Panamax Anna attacked
- Analysis: US Navy reverses course?
- Incident: Bulk carrier attacked
- Incident: Captain of Maersk Alabama rescued
- Incident: Maersk Alabama arrives in Mombasa
- Incident: Buccaneer taken
- Incident: Container ship attacked
- Incident: Bulk carrier attacked
- Incident: Tug attacked
- Incident: Bulk carrier attacked
- Analysis: Piracy "a lot of hype"
- Incident: Bow Asir released
- Incident: Captain of Alabama escapes, is retaken
- Incident: Tanit stormed
- Incident: Ahmed Samarah and Momtaz1 taken
- Incident: Vessel fired upon
- Incident: France assumes command of CTF 150
- Incident: Cargo ship attacked
- Incident: Bulk carrier attacked
- Incident: FBI to aid USN
- Analysis: Roundup re Maersk Alabama
- Incident: Maersk Alabama boarded
- Welcome
- Incident: Maritime Advisory issued
- Incident: Bulk carrier chased
- Incident: Hansa Stavanger taken
- Incident: Win Far taken
- Incident: Malaspina Castle taken
- Incident: Shehenshah-E-Madina released
- Incident: Indian Ocean Explorer taken
- Incident: Tug taken
- Incident: Pleasure craft Tanit taken
- Incident: Container ship taken
- Incident: Container ship attacked
- Incident: Pacific Opal chased
- Incident: Africa Star escapes boarding
- Incident: Bulk carrier chased
- Incident: Container ship attacked
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April
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