The team of the German ship Beluga Fortune had their ship attacked Sunday by Somali pirates. The next day the buccaneers fled, frustrated by the crew, which had barricaded themselves into a panic room from which they disabled the ship. The failed state of Somalia has seen piracy increase off its shores to the highest level recorded in nearly 5 years. Resource for this article – Beluga Fortune free after frustrated Somali Pirates flee by Personal Money Store.
The Beluga Fortune did not continue with the run in with buccaneers
The Beluga Fortune was on its way from the United Arab Emirates to South Africa when Somali pirates attacked. The Associated Press accounts the buccaneers grabbed the ship about 1,200 miles east of Mombasa, Kenya. Reuters reports that when the pirates fired on the vessel, the freighter’s 16-man team sent out a distress call and locked themselves in a panic room intended for protection from such an attack. The bridge had been disabled when the engines were shut down and the fuel cut off by the crew in the room.
Panic room makes pirates really upset
Somali pirates are frustrated by a panic room before, in September through the seizure of the German Freighter Magellan Star. Spiegal Online International accounts that before American soldiers freed the vessel just 22 hours after it had been grabbed, the crew retreated to the safety room, a space selected to be hard to find and harder to break into. The room had been stocked with food, drinks, medical equipment and supplies. The captain was in constant contact with the ship’s owners by satellite phone. Also, if there had been a need for the men to abandon ship, there was a secret emergency exit. A spokesman for the Magellan Star’s owner told Spiegal “the pirates called our shipping business in desperation, wanting to know where the crew had been.”
Somali pirates details
Shipping off of Somalia is hard since you will find so numerous Somali pirates there. Since 1991 when Somalia’s govt collapsed, there have been buccaneers like these. The European Union Naval force explains that 19 ships are being held hostage by Somali buccaneers right now. You will find 428 hostages too. 44 percent of the pirate assaults in the past year have come from the Somali buccaneers, accounts the Strategy Page. There has only been one death this year for a team member. 27 others are injured though. A total of 773 sailors have been held for ransom.
Citations
Reuters
reuters.com/article/idUSTRE69O3PB20101025
Associated Press
google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jhf_eEAne8QCbP_9nViK4DY-n1MA?docId=115bc0cbadeb42168886f496e28510be
Strategy Page
strategypage.com/htmw/htseamo/articles/20101025.aspx
Jeff-goodall
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