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List of shipwrecks: 31 October 2024 Ship State Description Yu Zhou Qi Hang China: Typhoon Kong-rey: The 142-metre (465 ft 11 in), 12,135-ton heavy-lift ship suffered engine failure on 30 October in rough weather after leaving Keelung, Taiwan. She was driven ashore at Yehliu Geopark, northeast of Taipei, and sank on 31 October
The pirates demanded a ransom and had threatened to blow up the ship, along with the pirates themselves and the ship's crew, if the ransom was not paid. [8] [18] The ransom amount was reported as US$35 million, US$20 million, US$8 million, and US$5 million in the weeks following the capture. [19] [20] The threat was later withdrawn. [21]
2024 in piracy included 33 reports of maritime piracy and armed robbery against ships to the International Maritime Bureau during the first quarter of the year. Incidents that happend in 2023 and soon is reported to happen 2026 Crew continued to suffer violence, [clarify] with 35 seafarers taken hostage, nine kidnapped, and one of the most important casualties threatened during the first three ...
MV Feisty Gas was a Hong Kong liquefied petroleum gas tanker that was seized by Somalian pirates in 2005. The Hong Kong–based company that owned the vessel paid $315,000 to a representative of the Somali pirates in Mombasa , Kenya.
The MV Sinar Kudus hijacking was a maritime event that began on 16 March 2011 with four pirates in the Indian Ocean seizing the cargo ship MV Sinar Kudus 456 nautical miles (845 km; 525 mi) east of Somali coast. The siege ended after a rescue effort by the Indonesian Navy on 1 May 2011. [2]
Coalition forces called on the pirates to surrender, threatening them with military force if the standoff continued. [5] The pirates in return demanded one million dollars in ransom or else they would kill all 21 members of the crew. [citation needed] On 12 December, the pirates left the vessel for the coast and set the crew free. [6]
The World Coal Carrying Championships are held in the former mining village of Gawthorpe in northern England. A sport where the winner gets the sack - the World Coal Carrying Championships Skip to ...
[4] [5] In 2020, it had a population of 8,194, [6] making it the most densely populated town in the U.S. Virgin Islands. It has a deep-water harbor that was once a haven for pirates (including Blackbeard) and is now one of the busiest ports of call for cruise ships in the Caribbean. [4]