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Somali pirates which captured MV Faina, a Ukrainian ship carrying tanks and military hardware, accused European firms of dumping toxic waste off the Somali coast and declared that the $8m ransom for the return of the ship will go towards cleaning up the waste. The ransom demand is a means of "reacting to the toxic waste that has been ...
2017-03-16. unknown (no ransom paid) On 13 March 2017, Aris 13, was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off Alula, the northernmost town of Somalia in Puntland. It was the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel since 2012. The ship was taking oil from Djibouti to the Somali capital, Mogadishu.
Maersk Alabama. hijacking. The Maersk Alabama hijacking began on 8 April 2009, when four pirates in the Somali Basin seized the Danish/U.S. cargo ship Maersk Alabama at a distance of 240 nautical miles (440 km; 280 mi) southeast of Eyl, Somalia. The siege ended after a rescue effort by the United States Navy on 12 April.
Dai Hong Dan. incident. The Dai Hong Dan incident took place on 29 October 2007, when the North Korean cargo vessel in the Indian Ocean MV Dai Hong Dan ( 대홍단호) was attacked and temporarily seized by Somali pirates off Somalia. [1] The following day, the crew of the vessel overpowered the pirates with the support of a US naval vessel.
The SY Quest incident [2] occurred in February 2011 when Somali pirates seized the American yacht SY Quest (s/v Quest) and four United States citizens. The United States Navy ordered the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and three other ships to free the hostages. All four hostages were shot by their captors.
Anti-piracy measures in Somalia. Map of areas under threat by Somali pirates (2005–2010). Piracy in Somalia has been a threat to international shipping since the beginning of the country's civil war in the early 1990s. [1] Since 2005, many international organizations have expressed concern over the rise in acts of piracy.
Abduwali Abdulkadir Muse عبدالولي موسى ( Somali: Cabdiweli Cabdiqaadir Muuse; pronounced [ʕabdiweli ʕabdiqaːdir muːse]; Somali pronunciation ⓘ; born 1990) is a Somali convicted pirate. He is the sole survivor of four pirates who hijacked the MV Maersk Alabama in April 2009 and then held Captain Richard Phillips for ransom. [2]
On 12 January 2012 Somali pirates attacked the Spanish Navy replenishment oiler Patiño after mistaking her for a large merchant ship. The pirate skiff hit Patiño with automatic fire before being repelled, damaged by return fire and captured after a brief chase by the vessel's helicopter. The encounter took place off the coast of Somalia and ...