Pirate attack: Two more vessels hijacked off Somalia
May 29, 2008 by Akiva
Filed under Maritime Piracy Attacks
Pirates have hijacked two more vessels this Wednesday May 28, 2008 of the coast of Somalia. The MV Arean (Turkey flagged and owned by Arkia Company of Malta) and MV Lehmann Timber were seized in the Gulf of Aden near the position where the MV Amiya Scan was seized over the weekend.
U.S. Marines Conduct Counter Piracy Training
February 14, 2008 by Akiva
Filed under Maritime Security
31st MEU Marines Retake Stolen Vessel in Training Exercise.
By Lance Cpl. Kevin M. Knallay
A group of role players took control of the ship MV 1st Lt. Alex Bonnyman (T-AK 3003) when they threw the captain and the crew overboard during a training exercise Feb. 8.
Shortly after an ally’s ship rescued the drifting crew, Marines and [...]
Pirates sized tug boat Svitzer Korsakov in the Gulf of Aden
February 3, 2008 by Akiva
Filed under Maritime Piracy Attacks
The Russian tug boat Svitzer Korsakov signaled the pirate attack on February 1, 2008 at 1:17 pm from the Gulf of Aden. The Svitzer Korsakov, sailing under the flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, was on her way to the Russian Far Eastern Island of Sakhalin through Singapore [...]