Tag: maritime piracy

High Commissioner presents credentials to IMO

ONI issues Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW) Report

ONI issues Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) Report

Onwers statement on the death of Pinoy seafarer onboard PYXIS DELTA

Nigeria Attack Kills Security Personnel

India s demand for rollback of norms on piracy risk to be reviewed

MV Blida Crew Wins in Somali Pirate Ship Case

NATO Shipping Centre - Weekly Piracy Assessment

French tanker hijacked off Ivory Coast

Hostages from MV ICeberg 1 finally arrived home after over 1000 days in captivity "It was truly like being born again. We had given up hope and suddenly we were brought back to life," one of the surviving crew members of the MV ICEBERG 1 said as he was released on his birthday, after being held hostage for over 1000 days by pirates off the coast of Somalia.After almost three years in captivity, the hostages of the ship were set free in December 2012 and the UNPOS Counter Piracy Unit arranged for the repatriation of the crew members and flew to Bossaso on 30 December to receive them.For two years and nine months the 22 surviving hostages endured terrible treatment.Part of the crew had just joined the vessel two days prior to the hijacking, not knowing they would remain there for almost three years under miserable conditions. The crew was tortured and beaten on a regular basis. At times they had to resort to drinking salt water in order to survive and they were forced to work in life threatening conditions. One crew members had his ears cut off, another lost vision in one eye due to ruthless beatings and ...