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Somali Pirates Reportedly Seize Tanker in First Commercial Hijacking Since 2012


(NPR) An oil tanker with eight Sri Lankan crew members aboard appears to have been hijacked off the coast of Somalia, which would be the first time a large commercial ship has been taken by Somali pirates since 2012.

The Aris 13 sent a distress call Monday saying it was being tailed by two unfamiliar ships, "then it disappeared," John Steed of Oceans Beyond Piracy, an anti-piracy group, tells Reuters. The news service reports that the tanker, which had been transporting fuel from Djibouti to Mogadishu, Somalia's capital, turned off its tracking system and diverted toward the small town of Alula.

"The men who are holding it claim that they are fishermen who suffered from the illegal fishing in the area," Ali Shire Mohamud Osman, the district commissioner in the town of Alula, tells the BBC. "However, if we confirm that they are pirates, I will ask them to leave the area immediately. Otherwise, we will see how we can save the vessel."

The European Union Naval Force, which runs anti-piracy operations in the area, tells media outlets it is too early to confirm whether pirates are behind the disappearance of the ship, which had an eight-member Sri Lankan crew, according to the country's ministry of foreign affairs.

If indeed pirates are involved in the incident, Reuters reports it would be the first time pirates "have successfully taken a commercial ship since 2012," noting that at their peak, from 2009 through 2011, Somali pirates were attempting more than 200 attacks on vessels a year. The BBC says that in 2011, the annual cost of piracy was estimated at $8 billion...



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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...nker-in-first-commercial-hijacking-since-2012


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Be nice to have ice breakers designed and built in Canada. But if there are any more delays out sourcing may be necessary. :(

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...r-is-an-arctic-embarrassment/article16425755/

Government goes on about arctic sovereignty and then tries to fob slush breakers on us. We fuck around on arctic sovereignty and next thing you some world court is giving foreigners rights to travers our land without permission.

Be Russkie subs and Yank cruise ships all over the place.
 
thør said:

How Not to Sink a Barge of Cargo
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...What’s the deal with Wrangell Narrows?

It’s super narrow. If you look at it on a chart, it’s like a little frickin’ ditch about 15 miles long. We reel in all of our tow wire and go through with the barge right behind us, probably 30 feet behind the tug. The channel is probably 200 feet wide and the barge is 100 feet wide, so there’s just not a lot of room if anything happens. The currents run strong through there, up to five and a half, six knots. It gets a lot of fog, and it’s shallow. Our Titan boats draw about 18 feet of water. We have to be four feet above the mean low water line, and the main channel is sounded at 20 feet at mean low water. So you can do the math...​






Oh, shit.


That's how your underwear gets brown stains (for non-mariners— ain't no "brakes" on that baby, that's a lot of tons with a lot of momentum a mere 30 feet behind you).



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Fox News just had some putz talking about the armada heading to Korea. He said the USS Michigan carries ballistic missiles.

That's why everyone thinks Fox is dumb.
 
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