January 25, 2012
Two Vietnamese sailors on a Taiwanese fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates off the Indian Ocean two years ago have called home saying the pirates had chopped off an arm of the captain. The pirates are demanding a US$2.8-million ransom. On January 20, Tran Van Hung, one of the 26 crew members of the [...]
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November 26, 2011
Vietnamese fishermen on a Taiwanese fishing boat hijacked by Somali pirates off the Indian Ocean last December are still in stable condition after spending about one year in the hands of the pirates, online newspaper VnExpress reported. On Dec. 30, 2010, the FV Shiuh Fu No. 1 was last seen being pursued by a [...]
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August 13, 2009
Fishermen prepare nets onboard a fishing boat docked at a port in northern Hai Phong City. Fisherman Phung Van Chau says heâs scared of heading out to sea for fear of being detained by foreign fishing patrol ships and losing his entire catch. The boat captain from Ly Son District in Quang Ngai Province says [...]
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April 19, 2009
Somali pirates attacked two more vessels on Saturday in the Indian Ocean off the Horn of Africa country, seizing a Belgian dredger but thwarted in an attempt to hold a tanker, according to reports monitored here. This photo taken on April 18, 2009 shows a print page of the undated photo of the missing Belgian [...]
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April 13, 2009
The U.S. cargo ship captain taken captive by Somali pirates has been freed without injury after days of ordeal, CNN reported on Sunday night. In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, Maersk-Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips, right, shakes hands with Lt. Cmdr. David Fowler, executive officer of USS Bainbridge after being rescued by U.S Naval [...]
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April 12, 2009
Kenyan port authority security personnel block the media from taking pictures of the U.S.-flagged container ship, Maersk Alabama at the coastal sea port of Mombasa, 500km (311 miles) from the capital Nairobi, April 12, 2009. U.S. warships tracked a boatload of gunmen holding a U.S. ship’s captain hostage off the Somali coast on Sunday and [...]
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April 11, 2009
Somali pirates are demanding a ransom on Friday after captured U.S. captain failed to make a escape, according to agencies’ reports. This undated image shows the 17,000-ton container ship Maersk Alabama, when it was operating under the name Maersk Alva, which has been hijacked by Somalia pirates with 20 crew members aboard, Wednesday April 8, [...]
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April 9, 2009
The crew of a U.S.-flagged container ship has retaken control of the ship from Somali pirates, but its captain is being held hostage, the freighter’s second officer said Wednesday. This undated image shows the 17,000-ton container ship Maersk Alabama, when it was operating under the name Maersk Alva, which has been hijacked by Somalia pirates [...]
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