Subscribe to RSS feedPirates in festive spree
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Martyn Wingrove, London
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Jan 11, 2010 12:40 PM
SOMALI pirates began 2010 with a flurry of attacks, hijacking a British-flagged car carrier and a Singaporean chemical tanker in the Gulf of Aden on New Year’s Day.
A total of four ships were taken in a five-day period last week. London-based owner Zodiac Maritime Agencies was the worst hit. Two of its vessels were taken in separate attacks four days apart.
Zodiac’s Eukor-operated car carrier Asian Glory...
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