PIRACY NEWS

Suspected pirates held, but no one wants to prosecute

THE NETHERLANDS has released 13 suspected Somali pirates held on a Dutch warship, on the grounds that no country was willing to prosecute them.

Hijacked ship’s master is axed

THE GERMAN master of the Hansa Stavanger, which was in the hands of pirates for several months earlier this year, has been made redundant by shipowner Leonhardt & Blumberg.

AP Death toll mounts as livestock carrier sinks

RESCUED: Red Cross workers evacuate a man who was pulled from the water after the Danny F.II sank 11 miles off the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli last Thursday.

Casualty Briefs - 23rd December 2009