Posts tagged pirates

• Armed Cruise Ship Security Team Fights Off Somali Pirates

  Gerry McGill | April 30, 2009 2:06 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  An Italian cruise ship carrying armed Israeli security guards successfully fought off a hijacking attempt by Somali pirates last Saturday, April 25, 2009. The MSC Melody, a 670 foot Italian flagged...

• Maersk Alabama ship's cook sues shipowner and employer

  Gerry McGill | April 29, 2009 12:02 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Richard Hicks, the ship's cook on the U.S. flagged cargo ship, Maersk Alabama, that was hijacked by Somalia pirates on April 8, 2009 has filed suit against the shipowner and the operator alleging...