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At the 101st council of the International Maritime Organization, India called for a United Nations peacekeeping force under unified command to tackle piracy off Somalia. [47] (There has been a general and complete arms embargo against Somalia since 1992.) In October 2007, Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean cargo ship.
They also offer anti-piracy training en route to the Gulf of Aden, [159] [160] and have teamed up with African Shipping Lines, a leading international shipping line company, to provide security to vessels traveling along the coast of East Africa. [161] Another private venture is MUSC, which specializes in counterpiracy and ship security. [162]
List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2008; List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2009; List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2010; List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2011; List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2012; MV Sinar Kudus hijacking; MV Sirius Star; German tanker Spessart; KD Sri Indera Sakti; MV Stolt ...
Seabourn Spirit, a luxury cruise ship carrying 210 crew members and passengers, was attacked by pirates off the coast of Somalia. [12] Riding in two small speedboats, the pirates fired at the ship with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, but the crew drove them off with a water hose and a long range acoustic device. [13]
The CTF 151 was established on 12 January 2009 as a response to piracy attacks in Somalia, "with a specific piracy mission-based mandate under the authority of UNSCRs 1816, 1838, 1846, 1851 and 1897". [3] The CTF 150 mainly dealt with maritime security and counter terrorism. Piracy was considered more of a law enforcement mission. [3]
The Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, commonly abbreviated as CGPCS, is an ad-hoc formed international governance mechanism (International Contact Group) established in New York on January 14, 2009, to facilitate the discussion and coordination of actions among states and organizations to suppress Somali piracy.
13 pirates captured and released to mother skiff after cleared of weapons: March 17, 2010: unknown: None: When Tromp was spotted by the pirates, they began to approach the ship in two skiffs at high speed. As they closed to a distance of 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) two bursts of heavy machine gun warning shots were fired by HNLMS TROMP.
General area off the coast of Somalia where the pirates operate Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Somali pirates have threatened international shipping with piracy since the beginning of the Somali Civil War in the early 1990s. This list documents those ships attacked in 2011: for ...