Ship Hijack
Date: 19 May 08
Ship Hijacked: Amiya Scan
Summary: "The ship was hijacked in international waters in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia ," said the ship's owners, Dutch Reider Shipping. The Ship, with a crew of nine (four Russian officers and five Filipino seamen), was seized after leaving the Kenyan port of Mombasa on 19 May. The ship is believed to have been bound for the Romanian port of Constanta.
Amiya Scan (Ex:BBC Bornholm)
Call Sign : V2WS
Gross tonnage : 2546
DWT: 3,680
Type of ship : General Cargo Ship
Year of build : 2003
Flag : Antigua and Barbuda
IMO No: 9280718
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Date : 28 May 08
Ship Hijacked : Lehmann Timber
Summary: Cargo ship (LEHMANN TIMBER) hijacked on 28 May 08 at 1040 UTC while underway in position 13:09N-048:58E, 56NM south of the Yemen coast. The vessel was attacked by four heavily armed pirates. Lehmann GmbH shipping company said in a statement that the owners continue to maintain regular contact with the vessel and all 15 members of the crew are well in view of the circumstances.
Flag: Gibraltar
IMO Number: 9418286
MMSI Number: 236427000
Callsign: ZDIE5
Length: 134m
Beam: 18m
GT 5285
built 2008
Middlemen negotiate pirate ransoms
Date: 20 Jul 08
Ship Hijacked: STELLA MARIS
Summary: GULF OF ADEN: Bulk carrier (STELLA MARIS) hijacked 20 Jul 08 at 0430 local time/0011 UTC while underway in position 13:16N-050:02E, approximately 87NM northwest of Caluula, Somalia. The vessel was enroute Suez when UKMTO Dubai was alerted via INMARSAT that pirates were onboard, repeated three times before the line went dead. No returned calls were answered. The ships operators were alerted and at the same time a SSAS message was received by the operators and forwarded to UKMTO. According to Puntland presidential advisor Bile Mohamoud Qabowsade, there were 38 heavily armed pirates that stormed the ship while sailing in international waters. Hared Ise Umar, the District Commissioner of Caluula, stated that the hijackers sailed the vessel close to Caluula and indicated he expected the vessel to sail to Eyl.
STELLA MARIS
Call Sign :3ELD7
Gross tonnage : 30,046
DWT: 52454
Type of ship : Bulk carrier
Year of build : 2007
Flag : Panama
IMO No: 9317157
MMSI Number: 372923000
Length: 189.0m
Beam: 32.0m
owned by Turtel Marine Shipping
managed by MMS Company of Japan.
crew - 20 filipinos
Ship Hijacked: Amiya Scan
Summary: "The ship was hijacked in international waters in the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia ," said the ship's owners, Dutch Reider Shipping. The Ship, with a crew of nine (four Russian officers and five Filipino seamen), was seized after leaving the Kenyan port of Mombasa on 19 May. The ship is believed to have been bound for the Romanian port of Constanta.
Amiya Scan (Ex:BBC Bornholm)
Call Sign : V2WS
Gross tonnage : 2546
DWT: 3,680
Type of ship : General Cargo Ship
Year of build : 2003
Flag : Antigua and Barbuda
IMO No: 9280718
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Date : 28 May 08
Ship Hijacked : Lehmann Timber
Summary: Cargo ship (LEHMANN TIMBER) hijacked on 28 May 08 at 1040 UTC while underway in position 13:09N-048:58E, 56NM south of the Yemen coast. The vessel was attacked by four heavily armed pirates. Lehmann GmbH shipping company said in a statement that the owners continue to maintain regular contact with the vessel and all 15 members of the crew are well in view of the circumstances.
Flag: Gibraltar
IMO Number: 9418286
MMSI Number: 236427000
Callsign: ZDIE5
Length: 134m
Beam: 18m
GT 5285
built 2008
Middlemen negotiate pirate ransoms
Date: 20 Jul 08
Ship Hijacked: STELLA MARIS
Summary: GULF OF ADEN: Bulk carrier (STELLA MARIS) hijacked 20 Jul 08 at 0430 local time/0011 UTC while underway in position 13:16N-050:02E, approximately 87NM northwest of Caluula, Somalia. The vessel was enroute Suez when UKMTO Dubai was alerted via INMARSAT that pirates were onboard, repeated three times before the line went dead. No returned calls were answered. The ships operators were alerted and at the same time a SSAS message was received by the operators and forwarded to UKMTO. According to Puntland presidential advisor Bile Mohamoud Qabowsade, there were 38 heavily armed pirates that stormed the ship while sailing in international waters. Hared Ise Umar, the District Commissioner of Caluula, stated that the hijackers sailed the vessel close to Caluula and indicated he expected the vessel to sail to Eyl.
STELLA MARIS
Call Sign :3ELD7
Gross tonnage : 30,046
DWT: 52454
Type of ship : Bulk carrier
Year of build : 2007
Flag : Panama
IMO No: 9317157
MMSI Number: 372923000
Length: 189.0m
Beam: 32.0m
owned by Turtel Marine Shipping
managed by MMS Company of Japan.
crew - 20 filipinos
