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Somali pirates respond to EU NAVFOR air strike, threatening to kill captured seafarers

Somali pirates threaten to kill the crew members of the vessels pirates keep in captivity, in retaliation to EU NAVFOR new tactic

USS Essex collided with the USNS Yukon

The San Diego-bound USS Essex collided with the USNS Yukon in the morning May 16 2012

Killing flies by machine gun fire. Frigates fighting dinghies.

European Union Naval Force launched an air strike on Somali pirates

Fire on board of passenger cargo vessel Harsha Vardhana

Fire erupted on board of passenger cargo vessel Harsha Vardhana on 1250 LT May 15 2012 in a cabin on passenger deck

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It’s high time to assess the piracy risks not only in Africa, but anywhere in the World Ocean, because criminals of all flags and races already found out the evident - merchant vessels are absolutely defenceless and vulnerable to attacks, hijacks and robbery.
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Somali pirates threaten to kill the crew members of the vessels pirates keep in captivity, in retaliation to EU NAVFOR new tactic

The San Diego-bound USS Essex collided with the USNS Yukon in the morning May 16 2012

European Union Naval Force launched an air strike on Somali pirates

Fire erupted on board of passenger cargo vessel Harsha Vardhana on 1250 LT May 15 2012 in a cabin on passenger deck

early in the morning May 15 2012

On 15 May 12 at or about 0550 hrs, a Malaysia-registered tug boat, Budget 19 towing barge Budget 29 was underway

Taiwanese passenger vessel Golden Dragon ran into trouble in Mawei harbor, Fujian, China, on May 15 2012

Sweden Coast Guard was informed at 2225 LT May 13 2012, that cement carrier Malta Cement ran aground in Morko area, in position 59 00N 17 43E

I thought recent developments in Somali piracy would put at last, some sense into media coverage of the problem, but I was dead wrong. The latest junk I stumbled on was published by UPI

Half of Sydney's Port Botany container terminal, DP World section of the wharves, was shut down at about 0100 LT May 14

Accidents
USS Essex collided with the USNS Yukon Wednesday, May 16, 2012  
Fire on board of passenger cargo vessel Harsha Vardhana Wednesday, May 16, 2012  
General cargo vessel Parnassos II ran aground, Greece Wednesday, May 16, 2012  
Taiwanese passenger vessel Golden Dragon sinking in China Tuesday, May 15, 2012  
Cement carrier Malta Cement hard aground, Sweden Monday, May 14, 2012  
Boxship California Senator closed DP World warves in Sydney with leaking chem container Monday, May 14, 2012  
Boxship MSC Idil suffered explosion and water ingress, Caribbean Saturday, May 12, 2012  
Cargo vessel Rio Turbio after collision with tug Ava Payagua, Parana Saturday, May 12, 2012  
Japanese fishing vessel Eihatsu Maru aground in Table Bay, SAR Saturday, May 12, 2012  
Freighter Cathma experienced engine trouble in Gulf of Bothnia Friday, May 11, 2012  
Piracy
Somali pirates respond to EU NAVFOR air strike, threatening to kill captured seafarers Wednesday, May 16, 2012  
Killing flies by machine gun fire. Frigates fighting dinghies. Wednesday, May 16, 2012  
Tug Budget 19 robbed at Singapore Road Tuesday, May 15, 2012  
Statistics of pirated and released vessels and crews 2010 – 2012, May 13 2012 Sunday, May 13, 2012  
Suezmax tanker Smyrni hijacked by Somali pirates Friday, May 11, 2012  
Tanker Savvy attacked by pirates near Singapore Wednesday, May 09, 2012  
Vessel hijacked in Fujairah road Monday, May 07, 2012  
Tanker BW Rhine is still held by pirates Thursday, May 03, 2012  
Tanker BW Rhine hijacked in Gulf of Guinea Tuesday, May 01, 2012  
Pirates robbed containers on towed barge and hijack tug, Sulu sea Monday, April 30, 2012  
Shipping
Paris MOU Performance List not reliable Saturday, May 05, 2012  
Paris MOU PSCOs a growing problem for shipping Tuesday, April 24, 2012  
Vale refuses delivery on Chinese ships Friday, April 20, 2012  
Thai Navy receives HTMS Ang Thong, first of its kind Friday, April 20, 2012  
No-flag regime for IRISL Thursday, April 19, 2012  
NITC goes off AIS Monday, April 16, 2012  
IRISL going flagless Monday, April 02, 2012  
Asia to Europe Box Traffic down in January Due to Lunar New Year Saturday, March 24, 2012  
Racket as usual. ITF may hamper the port operations any way they want. Sunday, March 11, 2012  
Trade Unions at their best, threatening owners and urinating in public areas Monday, February 27, 2012  
Business
Articles and Files
Are you guys retarded, or what? Ms. Judith van der Merwe expertise and media. Monday, May 14, 2012  
Disasters 2012 update Thursday, May 10, 2012  
A Call to Arms Wednesday, May 09, 2012  
Iranian and industry media don’t think Filipino casualities are worth mentioning Monday, April 16, 2012  
Disasters 2012 update Monday, April 09, 2012  
UK racket instead of Somali piracy. Is it better? Friday, March 23, 2012  
Who is organizing this disinformation, and for which purpose? Friday, March 23, 2012  
Disaster 2012 Chronicles update Saturday, March 17, 2012  
Oceans Beyond Piracy with record-high lies, again Wednesday, March 14, 2012  
Disaster 2012 Chronicles Wednesday, March 07, 2012  
Bang Saen Speed Festival 01-05 Feb 2012 Thursday, March 01, 2012  
Protection Against Pirates by Captain Jaap Stengs Wednesday, January 25, 2012  
Costa Concordia disaster was predetermined by the Costa Company safety practice Sunday, January 22, 2012  
Costa Concordia, human factor to blame. Or the lack of human factor? Monday, January 16, 2012  
Somali Piracy 2011: final results and analysis. Statistics of pirated vessels and crews. Monday, January 02, 2012  


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# 159
Volodymyr Shelest  May  16 2012
Nationality:  Ukrainian
Position:  Crew
Comment: Deep sea Captain - 19 years in Master's position. Fully support

# 158
Evgeny  May  16 2012
Nationality:  Russian
Position:  Management
Comment: Stop piracy!

# 157
Alexey Malykhin  May  15 2012
Nationality:  Ukranian
Position:  Crew
Comment: Agree !

# 156
Roman  May  15 2012
Nationality:  Ukrainian
Position:  Other
Comment: Yes

# 155
Andrew  May  15 2012
Nationality:  Belarus
Position:  Crew
Comment: Agree!

# 154
Oleg Filippov  May  15 2012
Nationality:  Latvia
Position:  Management
Comment: Officials must do their job. Otherwise they should be replaced by those willing and able to do the job. PROTECT SAILORS!

# 153
Fanel  May  15 2012
Nationality:  Romanian
Position:  Management
Comment: Agree.

# 152
Fyut Galina  May  15 2012
Nationality:  Ukrainian
Position:  Other
Comment: I'm a wife of the seaman.I'm always worry about my husband , my friends and I insist on protection ships by military soldiers.Pirates must know that they will get warefare, will be shot if decide to conquere the m/v and make a harm to the crew!!!

# 151
Igor Savas  May  15 2012
Nationality:  russia
Position:  Management
Comment: Agree

# 150
Andriu Romanenko  May  14 2012
Nationality:  Ukraine
Position:  Management
Comment: Agree

# 149
Valerij Tuminskij  May  14 2012
Nationality:  Lithuanuan
Position:  Crew
Comment: Agree

# 148
Karabanov Konstantin  May  14 2012
Nationality:  Rus
Position:  Crew
Comment: Confirm,as above

# 147
Vladimir Bel'ko  May  13 2012
Nationality:  Russia
Position:  Management
Comment: Fully agree

# 146
Ruslan  May  13 2012
Nationality:  Ukraine
Position:  Other
Comment: Agree

# 145
Mihail Nikolov  May  13 2012
Nationality:  Bulgarian
Position:  Crew
Comment: Agree