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 GEO's Security and Protection News service, with news updates on matters related to risk and crisis management consulting worldwide. Special attention is given to matters relating to maritime security in the Gulf of Aden.
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Yemen Coast Guard Rescues Korean Tanker |
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Written by Dan Sommer
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Monday, 09 March 2009 19:16 |
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PIRACY: Gulf of Aden - Monday, March 2, 2009
Yemen Coast Guard rescued an South Korean Tanker carrying 100,000 mt of diesel when it came under attack by armed Somali Pirates 47 nautical miles from Port Aden in Yemen.
The Yemen Coast Guard immediately dispatched a patrol boat from the Yemen Advanced Anti Piracy center in Ras Amran to assist two armed Yemeni Coast Guards who were already on board the Tanker to provide maritime security in cooperation with a maritime security company.
The two Yemeni Coast Guard officers returned fire when the five pirates started to shoot at the tanker. One pirate who prepared to fire an RPG (Rocket propelled grenade) at the tanker was reported killed and others were injured.
The pirates broke off the attack and fled from the scene and the tanker continued safely on its route towards the Red sea under escort by the Yemen Coast Guard.
The tanker sustained light damages including a broken light and a window and slight scratching of the tanker’s hull in several places. |
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Norway Joins Naval Coalition in GOA |
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Written by Dan Sommer
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Sunday, 08 March 2009 00:00 |
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PIRACY: Gulf of Aden - Sunday, March 8, 2009
Norway announced that it will dispatch a warship to join the EU's anti-piracy operation "Atalanta" in the Gulf of Aden.
Norway will be deploying a Nansen Class frigate to the Gulf of Aden this summer to help preventing the piracy acts that have endangered commercial shipping in the Gulf of Aden in which around 1000 Norwegian ships pass through annually.
The Norwegian Frigate will provide direct logistical support to the Atalanta task force and strengthen Norway’s humanitarian and political efforts in Somalia.
Norway thus follows in the steps of Sweden, which announced in February that Sweden will deploy two corvettes and one support ship along with a security force to the Gulf of Aden to help Operation Atalanta. Norway and Sweden will then be the third Nordic country to deploy warships to the Gulf of Aden, as Denmark have had a warship deployed since the beginning of 2008. |
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Pirate Attack off the Coast of Kenya |
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Written by Dan Sommer
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Friday, 06 March 2009 00:00 |
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PIRACY: Kenya - Friday, March 6, 2009
Somali pirates opened fire on a merchant vessel in the Indian Ocean around 265 nautical miles (490 kilometres) east of the Kenyan port of Mombasa.
6 pirates in a small boat quickly approached the merchant vessel and at a distance of 100m fired a rocket from an RPG (rocket propelled grenade).
The merchant vessel took appropriate evasive anti-piracy measures and escaped without any damage or injuries.
This is the eighth firearms attack in 6 months towards merchant vessels in the Indian Ocean south of the equator.
Despite a in attacks during the first months of 2009, then the Somali pirates still hold 10 ships for ransom off the coast of Somalia. |
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