Subscribe to RSS feedUS bulker repels pirate attack off Mombasa
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David Osler - Lloyd's List
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Nov 03, 2009 11:13 AM
A US-flagged bulk carrier was yesterday able to repel a pirate attack about 360 nautical miles off the Kenyan city of Mombasa.
According to a spokesman for the US Fifth Fleet, two skiffs, each carrying around half a dozen pirates, came within a metre of the 1978-built, 25,515 dwt Harriette, which is associated with New York state-based Sealift.
The merchant vessel was fired...
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