US Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today reminded mariners about the importance of taking necessary precautions and implementing best practices in the wake of recent attacks on the Harriett and Maersk Alabama off the coast of Somalia. “These ships’ successful defence…

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• Officials say 47 countries that are trying to prevent attacks, pirates far less successful in Somalia

    The State Department says that the United States and 46 other countries have made a significant dent in the percentage of successful pirate attacks off the Horn of Africa. Although the number of pirate attacks is on the rise, fewer of those attacks are successful. The State Department reported Thursday

• Maersk Alabama Defend 2nd Pirate attack with Guns

    Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.

• M / V Maersk Alabama Deploys LRAD (R) successfully deter pirate attack off the coast of Somalia

    American Technology Corporation (ATC) (NASDAQ: ATCO), the innovator and distributor of the Long Range Acoustic Device(TM) (LRAD?) product line, announced today that the M/V Maersk Alabama deployed its complement of LRAD-X? acoustic hailing devices (AHDs) in concert with other defensive measures to successfully deter a pirate attack off the northeast

• Pirates attack ship captain RI

     (turntoten)  The EU’s anti-piracy force says Somali pirates have again attacked the Maersk Alabama, the U.S.-flagged ship hijacked last spring.  Source

• Maersk Alabama 2nd encounter Pirate attack with guns

       (AP)  Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.  Source

• Vessels must ready to fight pirates

    There is an ongoing debate in maritime circles about the best way to guard against the troublesome Somali pirates off the eastern coast of Africa. Should ships carry armed guards or should they rely on the current practice of states and navies providing for security on the high seas?

• Anti-piracy pact granted U.S. Shipment Boost

    The United States and other shipping nations have agreed on new guidelines to curb rampant piracy off the Horn of Africa, the State Department said. The State Department said the United States, Britain, Cyprus, Japan, Singapore and South Korea had recently signed the “New York Declaration” on measures to protect against attacks,

• Seized Tanker captain dies, Alabama, attacked again

    The captain of a Virgin-Islands owned chemical tanker hijacked this week has died from gunshot wounds sustained when the ship was attacked, a Somali pirate said on Wednesday. The was a pause in hijackings during monsoon rains, but the Somali sea gangs have stepped up attacks in the past two

• Piracy in \ u0026 # 39, 09 double-IMB

    Piracy attacks off the Somali coast are set to double this year as lucrative ransoms and difficulties policing vast swathes of ocean lure increasing numbers of pirates onto the seas, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Tuesday. The Kuala Lumpur-based centre said there have been 200 attacks off the

• Piracy on the Rise in Asian waters

    The number of piracy incidents in Asian waters increased by 5% last year, with a sharp rise in attacks in the South China Sea. In 2009 there were 101 incidents of piracy in Asian waters, comprising 81 actual attacks and 20 attempted, reported to the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre in