Bosaso, Somalia, January 02, 2010 (SL Times) – Pirates from Puntland and South Somalia hijacked three ships in same week. The three ships are owned by Britain, Panama and Yemen and are estimated to have 60 crew members. The St James Park was carrying chemicals and had a crew of 26. The Yemeni ship is called Al Mahmoud.
Pirates from Puntland and south Somalia have been getting more and more sophisticate and are now reaching farther into the Indian Ocean. Ship owners mostly from Europe and Asia have been only too willing to pay ransoms which encourages further piracy. The latest country to pay ransom is China.
For every ship that they release, Somali pirates capture a new one so that the number of ships that they are holding at any given time does not decrease. Somali pirates are now holding about 11 ships and close to 250 crew members in Puntland and South Somalia.




















 

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