Report: Oceania Nautica not the only cruise ship attacked by pirates in recent days A news outlet in Germany today is reporting that the pirate attack on the Oceania Nautica Sunday in the Gulf of Aden wasn't the only raid on a cruise ship in recent days. German broadcaster Deutsche Welle says suspected pirates also targeted a German cruise ship, MS Astor, operated by Transocean Tours last week but were chased away by a German naval vessel, the frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. (USA Today, 12/05/2008)
Cruise Ship Attacked by Somali Pirates A luxury cruise ship carrying passengers between Rome and Singapore came under attack from Somali pirates as it sailed between Somalia and Yemen on Sunday. The Nautica, an Oceania cruise ship, was carrying 690 American, British and Australian passengers and a 386-member crew when two small fishing boats tried to intercept it. (FOXNews 12/01/2008)Somali pirates to free Yemen cargo ship Somali pirates have agreed to release a Yemeni cargo ship without ransom after successful negotiations between the hijackers, local elders and a Yemeni official, a local official said on Monday. "No ransom was paid, but after negotiations, the pirates will get off the ship soon. The Yemeni ship will be released in the coming hours," Ali Abdi Aware, state minister of the northern province of Puntland, told Reuters. The MV Amani was seized on Nov. 25. (Reuters, 12/01/2008)
Legal Hurdles in West Slow Pursuit of Pirates The latest attack, in which even trained security personnel aboard could not deter the pirates, demonstrated the urgent need for coordinated action by governments from Cairo to Berlin. But the bureaucratic and legal hurdles facing international institutions and national governments have so far defeated most efforts to deal with the nimble crews of pirates in speedboats, whose tactics have grown bolder as their profits have paid for better weapons and equipment. (NYTimes, 11/28/2008)
4 Pirates Killed in Standoff off Coast of Sierra Leone Pirates attacked a Chinese fishing vessel in a rare attack off West Africa, officials said Thursday. Four of the pirates, all from neighboring Guinea, were killed early Wednesday in a clash with the Sierra Leone navy, police spokesman Mohamed Samura said. Two were shot and another two drowned, he said. The remaining four were arrested. The pirates approached the Shanghai 3 before dawn off Yeliboya, a coastal town between Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, and Conakry, the neighboring capital of Guinea. (FOX News 11/27/2008)
U.S. Woman Negotiating With Somali Pirates An American businesswoman with connections to U.S. intelligence and the military has been talking with the Somali pirates who have commandeered the Saudi oil tanker Sirius Star, trying to get the ship released, ABC News has confirmed. First reported by Military.com, the pirates, who have halted all talks with the ship's owners, are talking to a woman named Michele Lynn Ballarin, instead. (ABCNews, 11/27/2008)
Pirates move Saudi tanker after militants' threats Somali pirates have taken their greatest prize - a Saudi supertanker with $100 million of crude oil - farther offshore in what appears to be a rare defensive move after threats by Islamic insurgents. Last Friday, Islamic fighters promised to fight the pirates and free the ship because it was Muslim-owned and flagged under Saudi Arabia. Two days later, pirates moved the ship about 28 miles, putting it about 30 miles off the coast of the coastal village of Harardhere. (AP/Boston.com, 11/26/2008)
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