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AFP
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP) -- A Jamaican-flagged ship managed to deter a piracy attack off the coast of Yemen, the US navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said yesterday.
The Miltiades motor vessel came under attack around 130 nautical miles (240 kilometres) southwest of Yemen's Al-Mukalla port on Sunday, with the pirates firing at the ship from a skiff with AK-47 rifles, the Fifth Fleet said in a statement.
The security team on board fired red flares and the ship undertook evasive manoeuvres that caused the pirates to abandon the attack, the statement added.
The Fifth Fleet repeated its advice to mariners to employ defensive measures when passing through the Horn of Africa, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
"Coalition naval forces deployed to the region are deterring and disrupting pirate attacks. However, when vessels have practised self-protection measures, the risk of being pirated has been greatly reduced."
An international flotilla of warships has been patrolling the piracy-plagued Gulf of Aden, one of the globe's busiest maritime trade routes, since 2008.
Last year pirates carried out around 200 attacks and captured 68 vessels, most of them in the Indian Ocean.
AFP
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
MANAMA, Bahrain (AFP) -- A Jamaican-flagged ship managed to deter a piracy attack off the coast of Yemen, the US navy's Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said yesterday.
The Miltiades motor vessel came under attack around 130 nautical miles (240 kilometres) southwest of Yemen's Al-Mukalla port on Sunday, with the pirates firing at the ship from a skiff with AK-47 rifles, the Fifth Fleet said in a statement.
The security team on board fired red flares and the ship undertook evasive manoeuvres that caused the pirates to abandon the attack, the statement added.
The Fifth Fleet repeated its advice to mariners to employ defensive measures when passing through the Horn of Africa, the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
"Coalition naval forces deployed to the region are deterring and disrupting pirate attacks. However, when vessels have practised self-protection measures, the risk of being pirated has been greatly reduced."
An international flotilla of warships has been patrolling the piracy-plagued Gulf of Aden, one of the globe's busiest maritime trade routes, since 2008.
Last year pirates carried out around 200 attacks and captured 68 vessels, most of them in the Indian Ocean.
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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