Piraten

Verfasst am: Di 05 Jan 2010 22:19 (Kein Titel)

nice story:

The tanker Album came under attack by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea. Job Mattijssen, the ship�s Dutch captain, tells his story.

During the monthly security meeting on 29 December it is announced that the Album is to load at the Saudi port of Yanbu on 6 January. The cargo is bound for Singapore, which means the tanker will have to pass twice through the Gulf of Aden, the area in which Somali pirates are active.

Because the first convoy through the Gulf of Aden is only due to leave on 2 January at 9.00am, I decide not to sail for Yanbu under escort by a Chinese warship, because the tanker would then arrive late. �Anyway, a ship in ballast is faster and easier to manoeuvre. What�s more, the pirates would have to climb nearly 13 metres, so I expected they would go for an easier target.�

Intimidate

The Album opts to set off with four other tankers. �I tell the crew there�s a good chance that in an attack the pirates will fire on the ship to intimidate us and make the tanker stop, so anyone who isn�t needed on the bridge or in the engine room should go to the galley. Because of its central location, it�s the safest place on board.

On 30 December at 9.15am the helmsman on the bridge sights a fishing boat. �Somali pirates use fishing boats as mother ships. This allows them to work 600 miles off the coast. The fishing boats are equipped with a so-called skiff, a polyester speedboat measuring five to six metres with a powerful outboard motor, which can make 25 knots in a calm sea.�

�In less than ten minutes we see the skiff heading for us, but because of the waves it isn�t making much headway. To be on the safe side, I change course by 90 degrees, so I�m sailing directly into the waves.� This makes it harder for the pirates to draw alongside. �On both port and starboard they then have to deal with around two-metre waves.�

Water on deck

�Anyone with no special task goes to the galley. The engineers start the extra generator, to give us enough power to use two steering engines so the rudder moves faster. The first helmsman comes up with the idea of opening the ballast tanks.� The ballast pump is started and within a few minutes the seawater from the tanks is pouring over the deck. �The water is meant to deter the pirates � not because they don�t like getting wet, but because their skiff is an open boat and they don�t want it full of water.�

While the radio operator sends out distress signals, the captain informs the shipping company (AMPTC - red.) in Cairo. �Although there�s someone there to answer the phone day and night, I get someone who doesn�t seem to understand much English, so I switch my attention to the ship.�

Helmsmanship

Because the Album keeps on determinedly sailing ahead, the pirates fire a grenade over the ship. �Because I don�t stop, the game starts in earnest.� The ship comes under grenade fire and the pirates also use their AK-47. �They get closer and closer. Now it�s down to my helmsmanship and even more to pure luck.�

�When the pirates try to board the ship on the port side, you can turn the rudder hard to starboard. The waves then become smooth on the starboard side, but to port, close to the hull, it gets rougher. But when you turn the ship this quickly you lose a lot of speed, and the lower your speed the easier it is for the pirates to get on board.�

Relief

Twice I turn the rudder hard, and the tactic works: after three quarters of an hour the pirates give up. The crew on board breathes a sigh of relief: the damage is not too bad. �I have the feeling the pirates only fired to intimidate us. They could easily have fired on the wheelhouse windows with their AK-47, but they didn�t. It�s my impression that they weren�t out to hit people, that they deliberately avoided it.�

�We were lucky this time, but once is enough for me. I decided to abandon the group of five tankers we were supposed to be going to the Gulf of Aden with. Instead I�ve opted for the greater security of the convoy with the Chinese warship. And if we dock 18 hours later in Yanbu, then so be it.�

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/dutch-tanker-escapes-pirates-0

Verfasst am: Mi 06 Jan 2010 00:58 (Kein Titel)

Heute im Handelsblatt gelesen:

Zur Zeit sind rund 13 Schiffe und etwa 300 Seeleute in der Gewalt der Piraten

Verfasst am: Mi 06 Jan 2010 19:32 (Kein Titel)

stimmt,

Here is a list of ships under the control of Somali pirates:

* WIN FAR 161: Taiwanese tuna boat, seized on April 6, 2009.

* AL KHALIQ - Seized on Oct. 22, 2009. The Panamanian-registered ship carried 26 crew, 24 of them Indian. It is owned and operated by SNP Shipping of Mumbai. The 38,305 dwt bulk carrier was seized west of the Seychelles.

* THAI UNION 3 - Seized on Oct. 29, 2009. Pirates on two skiffs boarded the tuna fishing boat with 23 Russians, two Filipinos and two Ghanaians on board.

* FILITSA: Seized on Nov. 10, 2009. The 23,709 dwt cargo ship had a crew including three Greek officers and the rest Filipinos. The Marshall Islands-flagged ship had been heading from Kuwait to Durban, South Africa, when it was attacked 500 miles northeast of the Seychelles.

* THERESA VIII: Seized on Nov. 16, 2009. The chemical tanker was hijacked in the south Somali Basin, northwest of the Seychelles. The 22,294 dwt tanker had a crew of 28 North Koreans. The captain of the tanker died from gunshot wounds sustained during the hijack, a Somali pirate said.

* MARAN CENTAURUS: Seized Nov 29, 2009: The tanker was sailing from Kuwait to the Gulf of Mexico when it was seized near the Seychelles. The tanker had nine Greeks, two Ukrainians, one Romanian and 16 Filipinos on board and was carrying around two million barrels of crude oil.

* NESEYA: Seized on Dec. 18, 2009. The Indian dhow with 13 Indian crew members was seized off the coast of Kismayo in southern Somalia.

* AL MAHMOUD 2: Reported on Dec. 28, 2009. The cargo vessel left Yemen's southern port of Aden on Dec. 18, with 15 sailors and a captain on board -- all Yemenis.

* ST JAMES PARK: Seized on Dec. 28, 2009. The UK-flagged 13,924 dwt chemical tanker had been sailing to Thailand from Spain with a chemical used to make plastics when it sent a distress signal from the Gulf of Aden. Its 26 crew members were from Bulgaria, Georgia, India, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine.

* NAVIOS APOLLON: Seized on Dec. 28, 2009: The Panama-flagged bulk cargo vessel was seized about 800 miles off the Somali coast, north of the Seychelles. The vessel was sailing from the U.S. to India with a cargo of fertiliser. The Greek management company confirmed there were 19 crew.

* MV SOCOTRA 1: Seized on Dec. 25, 2009: Yemeni-owned.

* ASIAN GLORY: Seized Jan. 1, 2010. British-flagged vehicle carrier, hijacked approximately 900 miles north of the Seychelles.

* MV PRAMONI: Seized Jan. 1, 2010. Singaporean-flagged chemical tanker, 20,000 tonnes (dwt), hijacked in the Gulf of Aden.

Verfasst am: Mi 20 Jan 2010 16:20 (Kein Titel)

Handelsblatt vom Freitag, 15. 01. 2010:

Verfasst am: Mi 20 Jan 2010 20:11 (Kein Titel)

20/01/2010 08.57 UTC

Attempted Attack

Gulf of Aden (1323N,04722E)

---WARNING WARNING WARNING---

At 0330 UTC a merchant vessel was under attack by pirates in position 1323 N 04722 E.

17/01/2010 17.52 UTC

Pirate Attack

Gulf of Aden (1239N,04733E)

At 171615 UTC a merchant vessel was under attack by a pirate skiff in position 1239N 04733E, Gulf of Aden.

17/01/2010 12.07 UTC

Attempted Attack

Gulf of Aden (1258N,04832E)

At 171001 UTC a merchant vessel was under attack by a pirate skiff in position 1258N 04832E, Gulf of Aden.

16/01/2010 05.48 UTC

Pirate Attack

Gulf of Aden (1301N,04846E)

At 160446 UTC a merchant vessel was under attack by a white hulled skiff in position 1301N 04846E.

Verfasst am: Fr 29 Jan 2010 17:14 (Kein Titel)

jetzt drehen die ganz durch!!!!

Somali Basin (005 17N,50 31E)

---WARNING WARNING WARNING---

At 13:54 UTC the vehicle carrier ASIAN GLORY (blue hull and white superstructure), previously hijacked and still under pirates control, was in position 50 31E - 005 17N Course 140 Speed 15 kts. It is assessed pirates are using ASIAN GLORY for their pirates activities.

Verfasst am: Mo 01 Feb 2010 19:44 (Kein Titel)

01/02/2010 15.22 UTC

Pirate Attack

IRTC (12 44N,047 27E)

---WARNING WARNING WARNING---

At 1325 UTC a merchant vessel was under attack by 2 skiffs in position 12 44N 047 27E.

One skiff had 4 pob and was white and blue, the other skiff was same colour.

Verfasst am: Mi 03 Feb 2010 21:17 (Kein Titel)

03/02/2010 11.18 UTC

Pirate Attack

Golf of Aden (1304N,04704E)

---WARNING WARNING WARNING---

At 0815 UTC a merchant vessel was hijacked in position 1304N, 04704E.

THE US Navy has reported that North Korea-flagged general cargo ship Rim has been hijacked by pirates, EU NAVFOR said today.

The 4,800dwt vessel was taken in the Gulf of Aden to the north of the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor. It was not registered with MSC HOA.

EU NAVFOR said the US destroyer Porter and a helicopter from the destroyer Farragut, both in the service of NATO CTF 151, had confirmed the hijacking.

Rim is now heading towards the Somali Basin. Andrew Mwangura told Fairplay that 17 crew members were reportedly on Rim.

IMO number : 7328554
Name of ship : RIM (since 01-08-1998)
Call Sign : HMVS5
Gross tonnage : 3493 (during 1996)
DWT : 4800
Type of ship : General Cargo Ship (during 1973)
Year of build : 1973
Flag : Korea Democratic Republic

ganz schlecht...

Crew List Summary Romanian (12), Libyan (5)
Inspections:
Paris MoU Romania Constanza 29-10-2009
detained: Yes 19 days 18 deficiencies
Paris MoU Belgium Antwerp 12-06-2001
detained: Yes 7 days 13 deficiencies
Paris MoU Belgium Antwerp 02-06-1999
detained: Yes 2 days 9 deficiencies
Paris MoU Belgium Antwerp 21-08-1998
detained: Yes 247 days 7 deficiencies

Verfasst am: Fr 05 Feb 2010 11:27 (Kein Titel)

http://www.wiedenroth-karikatur.de/KariAblage0904/20090427_SomaliaPiraterieEntwicklungshilfe.jpg

05/02/2010 07.24 UTC

Pirate Attack

Gulf of Aden (1300N,04845E)

---WARNING WARNING WARNING---

At 0600 UTC a merchant vessel is currently under attack by pirates in position 1300N04845E

Verfasst am: Fr 05 Feb 2010 16:32 (Kein Titel)

eine ganz neue taktik...

Danish navy storms ship, frees 25 from Somali pirates - 2nd Update

Nairobi/Copenhagen - Danish special forces have stormed a ship captured by Somali pirates and freed 25 crew members with no casualties, a European Union naval spokesman and the Danish navy said Friday. The Antigua and Barbuda-flagged Ariella sent a distress call in the early hours of the morning when it was boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Aden.

Danish warship Absalon, operating under NATO command, responded to the call and sent a team to the ship, John Harbour, spokesman for the European Union's anti-piracy mission off Somalia EUNAVFOR, said.

"The crew had locked themselves in a secure room ... once the special forces knew they were secure, they stormed the ship and the pirates fled," he told the German Press Agency dpa.

Harbour said the special forces were in control of the ship, and that pirates fled in advance of the attack.

"They (the pirates) could still be on the ship or may have gone overboard in a skiff," he said.

Piracy is rife off the Horn of Africa nation, which has not had a functioning government since 1991.

Young men take to the seas in the Gulf of Aden in search of multimillion-dollar ransoms despite the presence of over a dozen international warships, which were dispatched to the area in 2008 to combat a rise in piracy.

Harbour said the rescue was possible because the ship was registered with the naval force and was travelling in a convoy along an agreed corridor, allowing a fast response.

The Absalon has already played a significant role in fighting piracy in the region.

A year ago the crew of the Absalon seized five Somali pirates who had boarded a Dutch ship and last weekend, after arriving for a new tour of duty, helped the crew of an Indian vessel in the Gulf of Aden.

Copyright DPA

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/307737,danish-navy-storms-ship-frees-25-from-somali-pirates-.html

Verfasst am: Sa 06 Feb 2010 17:12 (Kein Titel)

Jetzt wird es spannend,denn Nordkorea wird mit Sicherheit nicht in Geberlaune verfallen und Millionen zahlen. Man kann gespannt sein.
Gruss
Arminbauer

Verfasst am: Di 09 Feb 2010 09:52 (Kein Titel)

Angreifer der "Ariella" gefasst

Tuesday, 09. February 2010
Russische Marineeinheiten haben vor Somalia sieben Piraten festgenommen, die an dem misslungenen Angriff auf die �Ariella" beteiligt gewesen sein sollen.

Die Seer�uber wurden 67 Seemeilen vor der K�ste von Soldaten der Fregatte �Neustrashimy" in einem Boot aufgegriffen, teilte die EU/NavFor-Mission �Atalanta" mit. Ihr weiteres Schicksal ist ungewiss. Ihnen kann sowohl in Russland als auch in Kenia der Prozess gemacht werden. Da die �Ariella" der slowenischen Reederei Splosna Plovba geh�rt, ist auch ein Verfahren in Slowenien m�glich. Aktuell f�hrt das 1983 gebaute Schiff in Charter des Hamburger Unternehmens Hamburg Bulk Carriers (HBC).

Am Freitag hatten d�nische Marineeinheiten der �Absalon" den 32?400-Tonnen-Bulker nach einem Notruf der Besatzung gest�rmt, den das indische Kriegsschiff �Tabar" aufgefangen hatte. Bewaffnete Piraten h�tten das Schiff geentert, meldeten sie. Die unter dem Kommando der NATO operierenden Soldaten konnten alle 25 Crew-Mitglieder wohlbehalten aus einem Schutzraum befreien. Die M�nner aus Bulgarien, Indien, der Slowakei, der Ukraine und von den Philippinen hatten sich nach dem Notsignal im Schiffsinnern verbarrikadiert.

Die Piraten hielten sich zu dem Zeitpunkt der Befreiung aber nicht auf dem Schiff auf. �Wir wissen nicht, ob sie das Schiff verlassen haben, als sie unseren Hubschrauber sahen, oder ob sie vorher von sich aus aufgaben", sagte der d�nische Marinesprecher Michael Bill in Kopenhagen. Zuvor hatte ein franz�sischer Marinehubschrauber best�tigt, dass sich bewaffnete Piraten an Deck der �Ariella" befanden.

Die �Atalanta"-Mission betonte in ihrer Mitteilung, dass die St�rmung des Schiffes erst erlaubt wurde, nachdem sichergestellt war, dass die 25 Seeleute in Sicherheit waren.

http://www.thb.info/search/news/article/219/angreifer-der-ariella-gefasst.html

http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/justiz/0,1518,683288,00.html
MV L�beck angegriffen.
Gru� J�rgen

Verfasst am: Mo 05 Apr 2010 20:00 (Kein Titel)

http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/0,1518,687323,00.html

Gru� J�rgen

Verfasst am: Di 06 Apr 2010 04:36 (Kein Titel)

Na also, es geht doch. Die Hollaender machen es vor.

Gruss fursty