Gulf Of Aden

Indian commandos to secure merchant vessels

New Delhi: Concerned over rising instances of piracy off the Somali coast in the Gulf of Aden, India is readying an initial 100-man team to protect its merchant vessels in the area. This is the first time armed personnel will be deployed aboard cargo ships.

The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will take on the responsibility of securing the merchant vessels, under a proposal mooted by the ministry of shipping and, as a pilot project, will train 100 of its personnel for the purpose, a government source told IANS.

"CISF will train 100 of its special commandos who will man Indian merchant ships and protect them against pirate attacks at sea," the source said.

"The modalities are being worked out. The training is likely to be conducted in coordination with the Indian Navy's marine commandos (MARICOS)," the source, who wished not to be identified, told IANS....more

08:32 PM, Sep 16, 2012

Somali pirates jailed for 10 years in Yemen

by IANS

Sana'a: A Yemeni criminal court has sentenced 10 Somalis to 10 years in prison after convicting them of piracy in Yemen's territorial waters, the state-run Saba news agency reported. The court based in Mukalla, the provincial capital city in Yemen's southeast province of Hadramout, said that the convicts were arrested while they were targeting Yemeni and foreign ships in the Yemeni territorial waters in the Gulf of Aden as their...

09:58 AM, Nov 20, 2011

'Ensure adequate control over maritime activity'

by Press Trust of India

Mumbai: Voicing concern over growing incidents of piracy close to the Indian shores, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday stressed the need to ensure adequate control over maritime activity for security reasons. "As our maritime sector, including shipping ports, ship-building and ship repair is of vital significance to our economy, we should collectively make every effort for growth of this sector. However, we should also ensure adequate Indian control over...

01:14 PM, Oct 01, 2011

Indian Navy foils piracy attempts in Gulf of Aden

by Press Trust of India

New Delhi: Three piracy attempts in last four days in the Gulf of Aden have been thwarted by the Indian Navy which neutralised eight armed Somali pirates, Navy officials said on Monday. "Naval warship INS Sukanya thwarted the piracy attempts by Somali pirates in Gulf of Aden yesterday morning and September 20. In a swift operation, the Naval warship saved the two merchant vessels MV Fairchem Bronco and MV Conquerer...

05:38 PM, Sep 26, 2011

Pirates of the unruly sea

FOOTLOOSE | Pawan Bali

My first encounter with sea-pirates was at the age of seven. They seemed largely harmless. Patched-eye pirates, somehow, invoking pity. It was an Asterix comic-book, ...

06:32 PM, Jul 01, 2011

Somali pirates: organised robbers on high seas

by Shoaib Ahmed,CNN-IBN

New Delhi: As India and 30 other countries struggle to contain piracy in the Gulf of Aden - a look at the highly trained pirates who terrorize and kidnap our sailors. They are the may look like a rag tag group but the 20-odd gangs of Somalian pirates are highly organized and trained with AK-47s and rocket propelled grenades. Piracy emanating from Somalia has taken the world by storm, over...

07:30 AM, Mar 21, 2011