The Grande Tema an Italian merchant ship was on its way from Lagos Nigeria to Essex when it was hijacked in the Thames Estuary Picture.

Merchant ship hijacked. In a social media post published today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation said that MV Saronic Breeze with 18 Russians and two Ukrainians on board was reportedly hijacked near Benin on. Somali pirates hijacking fewer merchant ships This article is more than 8 years old Robust action by international navies and hiring of armed security guards drive piracy to three-year low. The issue of piracy against merchant vessels poses a significant threat to world shipping.

A merchant ship has been hijacked by migrants after it rescued them in the Mediterranean according to reports in Italy. A merchant ship that was hijacked by migrants it had rescued off the Libya coast has arrived at a port in Malta Maltese officials told ABC News Thursday morning. Desperate migrants are charged with hijacking merchant ship off Libya that was freed by Maltese special forces in dramatic rescue op Maltese authorities have charged three teenage African.

The ship MT Marine Express which is loaded with 13500 tonnes gas oil was at. The Maersk Alabama hijacking led to a series of maritime events that began on 8 April 2009 when four pirates in the Indian Ocean seized the cargo ship Maersk Alabama at a distance of 240 nautical miles 440 km. The cargo ship El.

This practice was also fueled by an economic incentive since ship owners would receive a discount on insurance. The merchant vessel believed to have been hijacked by pirates some 72 nautical miles off the coast of Cotonou Benin could be the 1991-built reefer ship MV Saronic Breeze. Migrants have hijacked a merchant vessel that rescued them off Libyas coast ordering the crew to head towards Malta reports say.

Theres more to ship defence than a man with a gun suggests Lars H. 18 rows On 13 March 2017 Aris 13 was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off Alula the. Navies of India and China on Sunday rescued a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden after it was hijacked by Somali pirates in a well-coordinated operation.

237 of these attacks and 28 of these hijackings occurred in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia and in the wider Indian ocean. After receiving a distress call on Saturday night the Indian warships established contact with the captain of the merchant vessel who had locked himself in a strong room along with the rest of the Filipino crew. A Panama-flag merchant ship that was hijacked with 22 Indian crew members on board was released on Tuesday.