MSC Melody, built in 1982, was taken over and refurbished by the cruise operator in 2001. The ship is flying under a Panamanian flag. Pirates have attacked more than 100 ships off the Somali coast ...

The December hijacking of the ship was the first time since 2017 that any cargo vessel has been successfully boarded by Somali pirates. The navy said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the ...

Foreign ships arrived — as did Somali pirates who targeted them. By the early 2010s, Somali piracy had declined. A main reason for this was the entry of international navies sent into Somali ...

However, instead of anchoring off Somalia, the pirates decided to set sail again, likely intending to use the Ruen as a “mother ship” for launching attacks on other vessels in the Indian Ocean.

told Khaleej Times yesterday from Mombasa that efforts were being made to establish contact with pirates as well as the ship owners. The vessel, owned by Shahmir Maritime of Saint Vincent and ...

Two Somali fishermen ... to mid-2000s the pirates made it their base. It became known as "Harunta Burcadda" - the Pirate Capital. From here, they targeted the container ships that transport ...

A pirate attack was on a Bangladesh-flagged ship travelling off the coast of Somalia MADRID, March 13. /TASS/. EU’s Operation Atalanta has confirmed a pirate attack on a Bangladesh-flagged ship ...