The fishing ship Alakrana is taken while 330NM southeast of Mogadishu. "Armed pirates attacked and hijacked the vessel. The vessel is currently anchored off the coast of Harardhere." (ONI Worldwide Threat to Shipping, 10/21/09)
"Two pirates were seized and brought to Spain. Pirates demanded both a four million Euro ransom and for the two pirates to be released." (Wikipedia, "List of ships attacked by Somali pirates," 12/31/09)
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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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October
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- Incident: Pirates claim success in battle
- Incident: Avel Vad fired upon
- Incident: Bulk carrier fired upon
- Incident: Thai Union taken
- Incident: Cap Saint Vincent attacked
- Incident: Container ship fired upon
- Incident: Lynn Rival taken
- Incident: Jolly Rosso fired upon
- Incident: Al Khaliq taken
- Incident: De Xin Hai taken
- Incident: Thor Spring attacked
- Incident: Koto Wajar taken
- Incident: Vessel pursued
- Incident: Container ship pursued
- Incident: Fishing vessels fired upon
- Incident: Tanker pursued
- Incident: Pirates attack French naval ship
- Incident: Bulk carrier fired upon
- Incident: Horizon 1 released
- Incident: Hoegh Pusan fired upon
- Incident: Alakrana taken
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October
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