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Attack foiled

News Blog maritime piracy 

A Greek tanker attacked off Benin. Pirates take a ride and get away

March 10, 2020March 14, 2020 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Attack foiled, Benin, Nigerian Pirates

(B2) The Minerva Vigo (or Minerva Virgo), a tanker flying the Greek flag, was attacked by pirates in the

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News Blog EU-CSDP mission maritime piracy 

Pirate attack off Mogadishu (V2)

18th October26th October Nicolas Gros Verheyde Attack foiled, EUNAVFOR Atalanta, Indian Ocean, Somali pirates, Somalia

(B2) A bulk carrier flying the flag of Hong Kong was attacked on Tuesday 16 October in the Indian Ocean by a group

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News Blog EU-CSDP mission maritime piracy 

Six pirates arrested in the Somali basin, between Seychelles and Somalia (V6)

November 19, 2017March 25, 2021 Nicolas Gros Verheyde arrest, Attack foiled, San Marco Brigade, EUNAVFOR Atalanta, Italy, pirates, Seychelles

(B2) Six persons, suspected of piracy, who were on board a whaler, serving as a mother ship, and a skiff, were

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In short maritime piracy 

Pirate attack foiled in Gulf of Aden

18th May 2017August 12, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Attack foiled, Gulf of Aden, India, pirates

(B2) An attack MV Lord Mountbatten, a cargo ship belonging to the Greek company British Bulkers flying the Liberian flag, was

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News Blog Horn of africa EU-CSDP mission maritime piracy 

New pirate attack foiled off Somalia

April 25thAugust 12, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Attack foiled, EUNAVFOR Atalanta, Galicia, Somali pirates

(B2) The Spanish frigate Galicia thwarted, on Saturday (April 22), a new attack by pirates off the coast of

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In short maritime piracy 

Incident during the recovery of Alheera?

April 18thAugust 12, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Attack foiled, China, Death, Somali pirates

(B2) The intervention of the Chinese navy during the liberation of the tanker flying the Panamanian flag, the Alheera, on April 15

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In short maritime piracy 

OS35 Hack Foiled by Indian and Chinese Navy

April 12thAugust 12, 2017 Nicolas Gros Verheyde arrest, Attack foiled, China, Gulf of Aden, India, INS Mumbai, Navy, OS35, pirates, Somalia

(B2) Alerted by a distress call from the crew, a combined Indian and Chinese navy operation put

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In short maritime piracy 

Failed attack attempt by pirates near Yemen

13th February 201728th February 2018 Nicolas Gros Verheyde Attack foiled, Somali pirates, Yemen

(B2) A merchant ship reported being followed by a suspicious skiff on February 12 at 5:30 UTC,

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