French warship foils two new attacks by Somali pirates Patrolling off the Somali coast, the French warship "Jean de Vienne" captured 19 Somali pirates when they tried to seize a Croatian freighter and a Panamanian cargo ship. They will be transferred to Somali authorities, said the French president's office in a statement. Just three days ago, an operation conducted by another French warship saved a Panamanian ship attacked by Somali pirates and captured eight people. (Xinhua, 01/05/2009)Captive relives 202-day nightmare on sea Jiang Lichun ducks whenever he hears a sharp sound even remotely resembling a gunshot. His instinct was born out of fear after he saw Somali pirates shoot one of his fellow sailors. Equally harrowing an experience for him were the 202 days he spent in Somali pirates' captivity. The fear in Jiang is still palpating: "I will never go back to sea," says the Liaoning province native. (China Daily, 1/5/2009)
Crew fight off pirates with water jets off Somalia The pirates in three speedboats and armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades twice tried to board the Greek-flagged Kriti Episkopi but were scared off when the crew turned fire hoses on them and EU aircraft scrambled from a nearby EU naval flotilla to help, company and Greek government officials said. (AP, 01/02/2008)
Somali pirates seize Egyptian ship; Tanker saved Somali pirates seized an Egyptian cargo ship and its 28 crewmembers on Thursday while a Malaysian military helicopter saved an Indian tanker from being hijacked in the new year's first attacks by pirates in the dangerous Gulf of Aden. Fifteen armed pirates snatched the Egyptian vessel, called Blue Star, after the ship exited the Red Sea and entered the gulf, carrying a cargo of 6,000 tons of fertilizer, according to Egyptian Deputy Foreign minister, Ahmed Rizq.The pirates then steered the ship toward the coast of Somalia, Rizq said. (AP, 01/01/2009)
Navy sets sail for waters off Somalia Chinese navy soldiers wave to the fleet as the naval ships depart from Sanya of South China's Hainan Province to Somalia on December 25, 2008.Two destroyers and a supply ship left a port in the southernmost island province of Hainan for Somalia at 1:50 p.m. Friday. They will cruise for about 10 days to arrive in the Gulf of Aden, joining the multinational patrol in one of the world's busiest sea lanes where surging piracy endangers international shipping. (ChinaDaily, 12/26/2008)
German navy foils Somali pirates Six Somali pirates were captured by sailors of the frigate Karlsruhe in the Gulf of Aden. The Karlsruhe sent a helicopter to protect the Egyptian cargo ship Wadi al-Arab from the pirates, who shot and injured a member of its crew as they tried to board the vessel. A German navy spokesperson based in Djibouti told the BBC's Greg Morsbach the Somali attackers were disarmed by German sailors and their weapons confiscated. (BBC 12/25/2008)
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