Topic: Andrew Mwangura
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released a Panamanian-flagged bitumen carrier ship after receiving a ransom, but detained some of its crew, pirates and a maritime official said on Friday.The 3,884-deadweight metric ton MT Asphalt Venture was seized on September 29 ...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released a German operated chemical tanker with its crew of 22 after receiving a ransom payment, a maritime group said on Tuesday.The Marshall Islands flagged MT Marida Marguerite was seized in May by pirates firing automatic ...
Somali pirates have released two ships they commandeered on the high seas after apparently extracting million of dollars in ransoms, officials said Saturday. Andrew Mwangura of the Seafarers Assistance Program in Kenya said less than $7 million was paid for the release ...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates said on Saturday they had received a record ransom of $9.5 million for the release of Samho Dream, a South Korean oil supertanker they hijacked in the Indian Ocean in early April this year.Andrew Mwangura, coordinator ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) - The head of a regional maritime group said Monday it was investigating reports that Somali pirates had hijacked a yacht with three British citizens aboard in the Indian Ocean.Andrew Mwangura, coordinator of the East African Seafarers Assistance Program, told ...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates seized control of the German-owned merchant vessel Beluga Fortune in the Indian Ocean Sunday, the second hijacking in the region in as many days, a regional maritime official said."The Beluga Fortune was taken today in the Somali ...
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have released the Bermudan-flagged MV Talca which was seized on March 23 on its way to Iran from Egypt, a maritime official said on Tuesday."We don't know how much ransom was paid but there was a ...
Somali pirates have captured a Taiwanese fishing boat off the Indian Ocean archipelago of the Seychelles, a maritime observer said on Saturday."Taiwanese fishing vessel Tai Yuan 227 has been taken by pirates off Seychelles. She lost contact two days ago," said ...
Somali pirates on Tuesday freed a chemical tanker with 28 North Korean sailors on board after receiving 3.5 million dollars in ransom, a maritime official said.The Virgin Islands-owned, Singapore-operated MV Theresa VIII was hijacked on November 16 some 180 nautical ...
BOSSASO, Somalia (Reuters) - French navy officers handed over 22 suspected Somali pirates to semi-autonomous Puntland's authorities and they will be arraigned in local courts, officials said on Saturday.International navies trying to stamp out piracy off Somalia often are reluctant to ...
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Kenya Suspects Somali Pirates of Capturing ...
Kenyan official says Somali pirates have captured a S. Korean ...2010-10-18 -
Somali pirates release Bulgarian chemical tanker
Bulgarian tanker and crew freed. The Merchant Vessel Panega and ...2010-09-28 -
Somali Pirates Attack Greek Ship
Somali pirates have attacked a Greek-owned bulk carrier late last ...2009-11-23
