Sunday, April 05, 2009

SOMALI PIRATES TAKE A 20,000 MT EUROPEAN CONTAINER VESSEL

A Greek Navy commando aims his weapon at a boat of suspected pirates who were detained, off the Somali coast April 1, 2009. Somali pirates have seized a 20,000 tonne German container vessel in their latest attack on the Indian Ocean’s busy commercial shipping lanes, a regional maritime group said today.


The region is heavily patrolled by a growing international naval coalition.