Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Somali Pirates: NATO Rules of Engagement Still Being Worked Out

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As noted here , NATO deploys naval ships for work against Somali pirates, but as set out here , its battle plan is still a work in progress...

NATO in the Indian Ocean

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Interesting take on the NATO deployment to the shores of Somalia here from the Asia Times : NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Gen...
Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Suez Canal Business Threatened By Somali Pirates?

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The Middle East Times seems to think so Somali Piracy Shakes Confidence in Suez Canal Route : The rise in piracy off the coasts of Somalia ...
Monday, October 20, 2008

What the future holds?

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The Wurzelbacher Effect : I asked a question. When you can't ask a question to your leaders anymore, that gets scary. That bothers me....

Monday Reading

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Fred Fry put up Maritime Monday 132 and takes look at Livestock Express and so much more that it will take a week to read it all.... Salama...
Sunday, October 19, 2008

Sunday Ship History: Churchill's Dummy Fleet

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Halloween nears and the stores are full of costumes designed to turn little angels into devils and vice -versa . Such costuming is not unkno...
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Somali Pirates: Thai ship released, pirates richer

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Reported as Somali pirates get ransom, release Thai cargo ship : It's been a busy, profitable week for Somali pirates: They hijacked one...
Friday, October 17, 2008

Somalia: Private pirate fighters? Blackwater says it's ready

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Reported as Blackwater offering to protect ships from pirates near Somalia : "We have the capability to assist" shipping companie...

Nigeria: Pirates capture 8 trawlers

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Nigeria has piracy issues,too, as seen here : The menace of sea piracy mostly perpetrated by Somali pirates across the globe may have taken ...

Somalia: Indian Navy to guard Indian ships against pirates

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The Indian navy is joining the anti-pirate parade of warships in the Gulf of Aden, as set out here : In the wake of several pirate attacks o...
Thursday, October 16, 2008

Somali Pirates Free Ship

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Reported here : PIRATES have released the 16,248 dwt general cargo vessel Thor Star and the ship’s 28 crew 64 days after the Thoresen Thai-o...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Somalia: Pirates get another ship

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While the merchant fleets are waiting for EU and NATO escorts, the Somali pirates are staying busy, as set out in Pirates seize ship : A mar...

Somali Pirates: NATO force enroute - in Suez

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The EU says its naval force for pirate fighting will be ready in December, but NATO has a force currently enroute : A flotilla of seven NATO...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Somali Pirates Lose a Ship to Somali Locals

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Internal action against some Somali pirates results in the ship being freed : Security forces of the northeastern Somali region on Tuesday f...
Monday, October 13, 2008

Monday (and beyond) Reading

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Fred Fry's Maritime Monday 131 @gCaptain.com ,with enough maritime links to make salt water flow in your veins. And photos of J.Poulsen ...

Somali Pirates: Asian shipowners want piracy fought

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Reported as Asian Shipowners Call for Strong Will to Combat Piracy : The Asian Shipowners Forum (ASF), a grouping of shipowner associations...
Sunday, October 12, 2008

Somalia: Internal clashes with pirates

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From out of the Puntland "province" news : Fighting erupted Sunday between a group of pirates holding Somali ship and soldiers loy...

Sunday Ship History: U.S. Navy's Birthday

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Birth of the U.S. Navy On Friday, October 13, 1775, meeting in Philadelphia, the Continental Congress voted to fit out two sailing vessels...

Remember the Attack On The USS Cole (DDG-67)

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Eight years ago today, the attack On The USS Cole (DDG-67) cost 17 American sailors their lives. Remember them.
Saturday, October 11, 2008

Arming Merchants?

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For all of you who have suggested that some sort of armed security force ought to be embarked on merchant ships transiting the Gulf of Aden,...