22 October 2009

Incident: Jolly Rosso fired upon

The RoRo ship Jolly Rosso is fired upon by men in two skiffs armed with rifles and rocket propelled grenades while sailing the Indian Ocean 320 NM southeast of Kismayo, Kenya. The ship increased speed and began evasive action after which the attack was broken off.(ONI Worldwide Threat to Shipping, 11/11/09)

Jolly Rosso is registered in Italy. (vesseltracking.com)