List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2008
October–December

List of ships attacked by Somali pirates in 2008

Section Title: October–December
Table Section Text: None

Image	Flag (owner)	Name (class)	Crew (cargo)	Status	Date of attack	Coordinates

Date of release	Ransom demanded

Panama (unknown)	MV Wael (freighter)	11 (cement)	Rescued	2008-10-09	unknown

2008-10-14	none

The MV Wael had a crew of 9 Syrians and 2 Somalis when it was captured transporting cement from Oman to Bosaso, Somalia.

Panama ( Greece)	MV Action (chemical tanker)	20 (unknown)	Released	2008-10-10	unknown

2008-12-12	unknown

A chemical tanker with a crew of 20, initially reported to be a Greek ship flying under a Panamanian flag, was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden.

Panama ( South Korea)	MT African Sanderling (bulk carrier)	21 (unknown)	Released	2008-10-15	unknown

2009-01-13	US$2,000,000

The 58,980 dwt MT African Sanderling carrying a crew of 21 Filipinos and unknown cargo was hijacked. This ship was released on 13 January 2009.".

Marshall Islands ( Turkey)	MV Yasa Neslihan (bulk carrier)	20 (iron ore)	Released	2008-10-29	unknown

2009-01-06	unknown

The Turkish ship MV Yasa Neslihan was hijacked. The vessel with a crew of 20 was carrying iron ore from Canada to China.

Bahamas ( Denmark)	MV CEC Future (unknown)	13 (unknown)	Released	2008-11-07	unknown

2009-01-15	US$ 1 - 2,000,000

The Danish-owned, Bahamas-registered ship MV CEC Future carrying unknown cargo was seized with 13 crew members, consisting of 11 Russians, 1 Georgian, and 1 Lithuanian.

A person has been indicted for negotiating the ransom, and charged with 4 counts of piracy.

Philippines ( Panama)	MV Stolt Strength (chemical tanker)	23 (phosphoric acid)	Released	2008-11-10	unknown

unknown

The Filipino chemical tanker MV Stolt Strength, carrying phosphoric acid, is hijacked with 23 crew members On April 21, 2009, the ship and crew were released.

India	MV Jag Arnav (bulk carrier)	unknown (unknown)	Capture failed	2008-11-11	unknown

none

MV Jag Arnav, 38,265-tonne bulk carrier owned by Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company, raised an alarm when pirates tried to board the ship.

Saudi Arabia	MV Timaha (cargo ship)	unknown (unknown)	Capture failed	2008-11-11	unknown

none

The Indian Navy's INS Tabar (F44) foiled an attempt by pirates to a board MV Timaha, a Saudi Arabia registered cargo ship.

Denmark	MV Powerful (cargo ship)	unknown (unknown)	Capture failed	2008-11-11	unknown

none

The MV Powerful, a Danish-registered cargo ship, was attacked by pirates on board a dhow. Russia has claimed that the pirates tried twice to seize the vessel, but they were rebuffed by Russian and British helicopters, though Russian involvement has been disputed by the Royal Navy.

Turkey	MV Karagöl (oil/chemical tanker)	14 (4,500 tons of unspecified chemicals)	Released (possibly ransomed), 13 January 2009	2008-11-12	unknown

unknown

The Turkish ship Karagöl, owned by the Istanbul-based Turkish shipping company YDC Denizcilik A.Ş, was hijacked off the coast of Yemen with 14 crew members aboard.

FV Tianyu No. 8	China	FV Tianyu No. 8 (fishing vessel)	unknown (unknown)	Released	2008-11-14	unknown

2009-02-08	unknown

The Chinese fishing vessel Tianyu No. 8 or Tanyo 8 was seized by Somali pirates while fishing off the coast of Kenya.

unknown	unknown (chemical tanker)	unknown (unknown)	Capture failed	2008-11-14	unknown

none

The British private security service Anti-Piracy Maritime Security Solutions claimed to have repulsed an attack on an unidentified chemical tanker using water hoses and a magneto-acoustic device.

Panama ( Japan)	MV Chemstar Venus (oil/chemical tanker)	23 (unknown)	Released after ransom	2008-11-15	unknown

2009-02-12	unknown

The crew of the 19,455 dwt MV Chemstar Venus consists of 18 Filipinos and 5 South Koreans. The ship was travelling from Indonesia to Ukraine when it was hijacked.

MV Sirius Star	Liberia ( Saudi Arabia)	MV Sirius Star (oil tanker)	25 (2,000,000 barrels (320,000 m3) of crude oil)	Released after ransom	2008-11-15	4°41′0″S 48°43′0″E / 4.68333°S 48.71667°E

US$15,000,000

The Liberian-flagged ship MV Sirius Star owned by the Saudi oil company Aramco, was hijacked 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya with 25 crew members aboard.

Hong Kong ( Iran)	MV Delight (bulk carrier)	25 (36,000 tons of wheat)	Released	2008-11-18	14°23′0″N 51°5′0″E / 14.38333°N 51.08333°E

2009-01-10	unknown

The Hong Kong-registered but Iranian run cargo ship MV Delight carrying 36,000 tons of wheat is hijacked near Yemen coast in Gulf of Aden along with 25 crew members.

Kiribati ( Thailand)	FV Ekawat Nava 5 (fishing vessel)	16 (fishing equipment)	Destroyed	2008-11-18	unknown

none

A suspected pirate "mothership" which turned out to be the Kiribati-flagged Thai-owned FV Ekawat Nava 5 with a crew of 15 Thais and 1 Cambodian that was transporting fishing equipment from Oman to Yemen.

Yemen	MV Adina/MV Amani /MV Arena/MV Erina (cargo ship)	7 (570 tonnes of steel)	Released without ransom	2008-11-19	unknown

2008-12-03	US$2,000,000

Owned by Abu Talal, the MV Adina, also reported as the MV Amani, MV Arena or MV Erina, had a crew of 3 Somalis, 2 Yemenis and 2 Panamanians when it was captured.

Liberia ( Marshall Islands)	MV Biscaglia (chemical tanker)	27 (Palm oil)	Released	2008-11-28	unknown

2009-01-24	unknown

The ship is managed by Singapore-based Ishima, but is owned by a shipping company based out of the Marshall Islands. The MV Biscaglia came under heavy fire from pirates early on November 28.

MS Astor	Bahamas ( Germany)	MS Astor (cruise ship)	300 (492 passengers)	Capture failed	2008-11-28	unknown

none

Transocean Tours' cruise ship was approached by two pirate speedboats while on the Gulf of Oman, en route from Sharm-al-Sheikh to Dubai, but the pirate boats were chased off by the German frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

MS Nautica	Marshall Islands ( United States)	MS Nautica (cruise ship)	386 (684 passengers)	Capture failed	2008-11-30	unknown

none

Oceania Cruises' premium cruise ship attacked by two skiffs hiding amongst fishing vessels while traversing the Maritime Safety Protection Area on the Gulf of Aden.

Portugal ( Cyprus)	MS Athena (cruise ship)	unknown (unknown)	Not captured	2008-12-03	12°59′29″N 47°41′33″E / 12.99139°N 47.69250°E

unknown

On 3 December 2008, Athena was attacked in the Gulf of Aden by up to 29 pirate boats. Water cannon were used to repel the pirates and the ship was not boarded.

Ethiopia	MV Gibe (cargo ship)	25 (unknown)	Capture failed	2008-12-13	13°32′36″N 48°37′30″E / 13.54333°N 48.62500°E

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On December 13, 2008, INS Mysore (D60) (a Delhi-class destroyer of the Indian Navy) captured 23 sea pirates along with arms and ammunition when the pirates were trying to capture MV Gibe, a ship sailing under the Ethiopian flag.

[[|]] ( Malaysia)	MV Masindra 7 (tugboat)	11 (unknown)	Released after Ransom	2008-12-16	13°54′0″N 49°39′0″E / 13.90000°N 49.65000°E

2009-08-01	unknown

Pirates hijacked a Malaysian tugboat used by French oil company Total off Yemen. The tugboat also has a submerged barge attached to it known as ADM1, and one of the generators on the tugboat is defective causing a number of issues for the captured crew.

MV Bosphorus Prodigy	Antigua and Barbuda ( Turkey)	MV Bosphorus Prodigy (cargo ship)	11 (unknown)	Released	2008-12-16	13°20′49″N 47°57′38″E / 13.34694°N 47.96056°E

2009-02-02	unknown

A 100-metre cargo ship belonging to an Istanbul-based shipping company had also been hijacked. The ship and crew were released on 2 February 2009 after a seven-week captivity.

China	MV Zhenhua 4 (cargo ship)	30 (unknown)	Capture failed	2008-12-17	14°28′0″N 51°36′0″E / 14.46667°N 51.60000°E

none

A Chinese fishing boat owned by China Communications Construction was hijacked on the way back to Shanghai, but deterred as crews radioed for help.

Sentence(s)

In 2008, CEC Future was one of the ships to be seized by the Somali pirates.

final_sentence: In 2008, CEC Future was one of the ships to be seized by the Somali pirates.