International vessels that remain in the hands of Somali pirates
Fifteen vessels, taken by Somali pirates and listed chronologically
below by date of hijacking, remain in captivity SOCOTRA 1: Seized on
Dec. 25, 2009, in the Gulf of Aden. The Yemeni-owned ship had six Yemeni
crew.
ICEBERG 1: Seized on March 29, 2010. Roll-on roll-off vessel captured 10 miles from Aden. Crew of 24.
PRANTALAY 11, 12 and 14 – three Thai fishing vessels – hijacked on
April 17-18. Total of 77 crew. Prantalay 12 remains in captivity.
Prantalay 11 and 14 were freed by the Indian navy.
OLIP G: Seized on Sept. 8. Maltese-flagged merchant vessel with 18 crew – 15 Georgians, three Turks.
CHOIZIL: Seized on Oct. 26. South African-owned yacht hijacked after
leaving Dar es Salaam. One crew member was rescued by a European Union
anti-piracy task force but two others were taken ashore as hostages and
have not been heard from since.
ALBEDO: Seized on Nov. 26. Malaysian-owned cargo vessel was taken 900
miles off Somalia as it headed for Mombasa from the UAE. Crew of 23 from
Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran.
ORNA: Seized on Dec. 20. The Panama-flagged bulk cargo vessel, 27,915
dwt, owned by the United Arab Emirates, was seized 400 miles northeast
of the Seychelles. Somali pirates rescued 19 crew members after their
hijacked ship caught fire in June.
SHIUH FU NO 1: Seized on Dec. 25. Somali pirates appeared to have
seized the Taiwanese-owned fishing vessel near the northeast tip of
Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The vessel had a crew of 26 Taiwanese,
Chinese and Vietnamese nationals.
BLIDA: Seized on Jan. 1, 2011. The 20,586-tonne Algerian-flagged bulk
carrier was seized about 150 miles southeast of Salalah, Oman. The ship,
with 27 crew from Algeria, Ukraine and the Philippines, was heading to
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, from Salalah.
SAVINA CAYLYN: Seized on Feb. 8. The 104,255-dwt tanker,
Italian-flagged and owned, was on passage to Malaysia from Sudan when it
was attacked 670 miles east of Socotra Island. It had five Italians and
17 Indians on board.
ALFARDOUS: Seized on Feb. 13. The Yemeni fishing vessel was believed to
have been seized close to Socotra Island in the Gulf of Aden and has a
crew of eight.
ROSALIA D’AMATO: Seized on April 21. The Italian-owned bulk carrier was
captured 350 miles off the coast of Oman. The 74,500 ton vessel was on
its way to Iran from Brazil. The 21 crew consisted of six Italians and
15 Filipinos.
GEMINI: Seized on April 30. The Singapore-flagged chemical tanker was
seized off the Tanzanian coast, 115 miles east of Zanzibar. The 29,871
dwt vessel carried 28,000 tons of crude palm oil from Kuala Tanjung in
Indonesia to Mombasa. The 25 crew consist of four from South Korea, 13
from Indonesia, three from Myanmar and five from China.
FAIRCHEM BOGEY: Seized on Aug. 20. The empty chemical oil tanker with
its 21 crew was seized south of Salalah port in the Gulf of Oman.
LIQUID VELVET: Seized on Oct. 31. The Marshall Islands-flagged
Greek-owned chemical tanker was sailing from Suez and heading to India
when it was seized in the Gulf of Aden, carrying 22 people on board
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