Pirates Attacking Cruise Ships 2017

A year later in April 2009 MSC Cruises former MSC Melody experienced perhaps the most infamous cruise ship pirate attack.

Pirates attacking cruise ships 2017. In March Somali pirates hijacked their first commercial ship since 2012. There has never been a successful pirate attack on a cruise ship. There have been six reported attempts of pirates attacking cruise ships over the past 12 years.

Thome of eTurboNews ETN raises two disturbing scenarios. The waters of Pirate Alley are now policed by task forces staffed from international navies which seems to have put the pirates off a. There are no plans in place to rescue the passengers when this happens.

ALL TIME BEST Somali Pirates VS Ship Security Compilation HD 2017 - YouTube. Online Resources for Maritime Piracy and Somali Pirates Marine Insight October 2017. In that year 75 other vessels also had a brush with pirates.

Smaller pirate gangs. On 13 March 2017 Aris 13 was hijacked by pirates in two skiffs a few miles off Alula the northernmost town of Somalia in Puntland. It is only a matter of time before Somali pirates hijack a cruise ship and.

The ship sailing crew-only was hijacked. As it does for counter-piracy operations in. Crew members were ultimately rescued and the ship was recovered after a ransom was paid.

In 2020 there was an increase of pirate attacks against ships worldwide compared with the previous year. It was the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel since 2012. Location of high-risk area for cruise ship piracy.