Somali pirates and Houthi missiles catch west’s cargo ships in Red Sea squeeze

Somali pirates and Houthi missiles catch west’s cargo ships in Red Sea squeeze

A distress signal and a call to an emergency hotline couldn’t save the Abdullah from Somali pirates the Bangladeshi owned bulk carrier was boarded last week the latest victim of a Resurgence in Somali piracy that International navies thought they had previously brought under control a week later Andy Abdullah is

Anchored off Somalia speaking by telephone from a coastal area of the semi-autonomous puntland region one pirate financier who goes by the Alias Ishmael isay said International navies had reduced their operations of Somalia that’s as several hundred nautical miles to the north houthi militants have been launching repeated drone and missile

Strikes on International Shipping in the Red Sea region since mid November somalia’s president Hassan shik muhamud said that distraction was encouraging piracy incident that took place it’s not higher level but it can go if we do not stop while it’s still at infancy stage for nearly a decade joint International

Operations had kept piracy dormant in waters that include some of the world’s busiest shipping lanes instigators were thought to have largely become inactive Mamud says the answer is to boost somalia’s own la enforcement capabilities both on land and in the sea its Coast Guard according to to government data has only one functioning

Boat the capital Mogadishu the Breakaway Somali land region and puntland also have their own Maritime police forces with limited resources at their peak in 2011 Somali pirates launched 237 attacks and held hundreds of hostages according to the international Maritime Bureau that year the oceans Beyond piracy monitoring group estimated

Their activities cost the global economy about $7 billion including hundreds of millions in ransoms the current rate of attacks is significantly less according to data from the eu’s anti-piracy mission EU NE for at Atlanta at least two cargo ships and 12 fishing vessels have been successfully seized since

November over the weekend the Indian Navy intercepted and freed another bulk carrier after it ventured back out to sea the raids are piling risks and costs on shipping companies that includes in terms of additional War risk premiums imposed by insurers and increased demand for private armed guards but costs to Global shipping

Companies may be of little concern on the puntland coast there fisherman Cy Kanan says some young somalis have little Choice other than turning to piracy if the illegal foreign fishing boats in our sea will not stop our youth will have to defend their sea because they are losing their

Livelihoods he says when it’s a case of a smallscale fisherman competing against International vessels then quote the only option is for them to take up guns for Revenge

A distress signal and a call to an emergency hotline couldn’t save the Abdullah from Somali pirates.

The Bangladeshi-owned bulk carrier was boarded last week – the latest victim of a resurgence in Somali piracy that international navies thought they had previously brought under control.

A week later and the Abdullah is anchored off Somalia.

Speaking by telephone from a coastal area of the semi-autonomous Puntland region, one pirate financier – who goes by the alias Ismail Isse – said international navies had reduced their operations off Somalia.

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