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Indian dhows, dubious partners invite Somali piracy
The serial commandeering of Indian dhows by pirates in the Arabian Sea around the Gulf of Aden recently, has put the focus on the vulnerability of these vessels to hijack, especially with their flagrant flouting of guidelines, which also facilitates the endangering of other innocent shipping. »
Images: Indian Navy catching pirates
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Navy for penalties on wayward dhows
The Indian Navy wants penalties on dhows flouting advice against sailing piracy-affected waters. »
INS Godavari combats pirates
Video footage of the INS Godavari combating pirates in the Gulf of Aden. »
Seychelles: Unfairly accused of helping pirates
StratPost has discovered the country to be unfairly facing charges of abetting piracy. »
India’s security interest in the Maldives
The proximity of the country to the Indian island cluster of Lakshadweep makes it important for coastal security. The Maldives can also offer India logistics support and extend the Indian naval footprint and significantly, by offering their facilities, can extend the Indian maritime airspace surveillance capability. »
Indian, French navies rescue Indian dhow from pirates
The INS Godavari and the French warship Aconit have rescued an Indian dhow with a crew of 14 Indians after it was hijacked by pirates off Boosaaso in Somali last Friday. Pirates had attempted to use the dhow, the MV Nafeya, crewed by 14 Indians, as a mother-ship for hijacking the VLCC size Liberian... »
Images: Pirates attacking MV Maude
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Indian Navy foils pirate attack
The Indian Navy has thwarted a pirate attack in the Gulf of Aden. At 1250 hrs local time on Thursday, the INS Talwar, while escorting three merchant vessels, received a distress call from one of the ships, MV Maude, a Liberian-flagged, Norwegian owned vessel with an Indian crew of ten. »
Indian Navy to handover FAC Topaz to Seychelles
Formerly the Indian Naval Ship Tarmugli, the vessel was commissioned in 2002, after being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders. It was given to the Seychelles as a goodwill gesture in 2005 and was recently undergoing a three month refit. »
Navy scratching its head over pirates’ fate
While the Indian Navy has every right to arrest pirates anywhere on the high seas, the problem of what to do with them is one that many countries have been struggling with since the upsurge in piracy in the Gulf of Aden. »
Sailor says shipping cos endangering crew to cut costs
Reports of piracy are suppressed because shipping companies would not like this route to be perceived to be too dangerous as this would drive up their insurance costs and force them to either go around the Cape of Good Hope or cross the Pacific Ocean as well as cause them problems in recruiting crews... »
Merchant ship was almost captured by pirates because of Defense Ministry bureaucrats
There was utter confusion at the Ministry of Defense with no one willing to take responsibilty for a decision on the situation leaving the Navy exasperated and furious. »
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