Pirate attacks: a map speaks louder than words

Several maps made by the international anti-piracy forces and publicly available as well as by a German colleague make it possible to locate the pirate threat, day by day. All these maps are updated regularly...

The European anti-piracy headquarters Eunavfor has decided to publish, for a few days, a map of the various captures of ships by pirates. It makes it possible to locate where the various attacks are located which resulted in the capture of the ship and/or the crew by the pirates. The number corresponds to the vessel captured (in order of capture). For download the list of ships captured by pirates

The maritime HQ of theOperation Ocean Shield NATO (located in a neighboring building in Northwood) has also published a map which is of additional interest: locate with color codes locating the intensity of the risk (red, yellow, green).

The map, the most complete and regularly updated, is produced by a German colleague, Thomas Wiegold, who also has a blog Augergeradeaus which brings a sharp look in particular on the German army, operations in Afghanistan and against pirates. Using interactive online software (OpenStreetMap), it can distinguish between successful attacks, attempts and alerts from mother ships. You can also zoom in on specific regions. I can only advise to refer to it regularly. His site