The fishing vessel Avel Vad, while in the Indian Ocean 370NM east of Mogadishu, is chased and fired upon by men in two blue skiffs. "They aborted the attack after warning shots were returned from a security team onboard the fishing vessel." (ONI Worldwide Threat to Shipping, 11/11/09)
"Soldiers aboard the [French] tuna boat fired fireworks and warning shots at the pirates, scaring them off." (SAPA)
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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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