Dutch coastguards have called off a search and rescue operation after the sinking of the Baltic Ace cargo ship in the North Sea.
BBC: Baltic Ace shipwreck: Dutch coastguards call off search
They have hijacked the ship, the crew and its cargo and they want a certain amount of money for its release.
Senior State Counselor Vincent Monda said prosecutors need to bring in witnesses from the British navy, Yemeni victims and seamen from the Danish cargo ship MV Powerful, which the suspects are charged with trying to commandeer.
When Somali Muslim pirates raided the Alabama on Wednesday, the U.S.-flagged cargo ship was cruising the Indian Ocean en route to Mombassa.
Meanwhile, the Russian navy has in recent days been engaged in what it has presented as a dramatic anti-piracy mission: apprehending, off the Cape Verde islands, eight people on board a Russian-owned cargo ship called the Arctic Sea, whose crew claimed to have been hijacked, at least briefly, in the Baltic in late July.
The cargo ship, which is carrying wood, is continuing its voyage the company said.
Another U.S. administration official said the ship's cargo was bound for Zimbabwe's security forces.
Zambia's government is now calling on all countries in the region to refuse to let the ship unload its cargo.
The cargo ship was headed for Jamaica when it ran aground on the northern side of the island in bad weather.
The same year saw a number of containers washed up in the English Channel off the Devon coast after the cargo ship MSC Napoli ran aground.
Federigan of the cargo ship Delmas Nacala, nominated by the Philippines, for out-manoeuvring, over a period of three hours, pirates in two skiffs, 600 miles off the coast of Seychelles, in March 2010.
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The cargo ship was expected to automatically park itself at the Pirs docking compartment on the Russian segment of the space station the following day, but the attempt failed and the maneuver was aborted.
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The resolution provides new guidance to states regarding ship interdiction, cargo inspections, and the seizure and disposal of prohibited materials.
She was inspired by The Atlantic Clipper, a sail-assisted cargo ship that sailed between the UK and the Caribbean in the 1980s.
No further details about the ship, its crew or cargo were immediately available, said Mwangura, whose organization keeps tabs on the welfare of sailors captured by the pirates.
CNN: Pirates strike again off Somalia; ship from Yemen seized
The ship carried a wide variety of cargo during its working lifetime -- including the finest teas, wool and gunpowder -- and made frequent journeys between the UK and major trading ports in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australasia and the Americas.
On Monday, pirates seized a British-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden.
CNN: As piracy surges, U.S. warns of dangers off Somali coast
In another development on Friday, pirates released a Norwegian cargo ship, the Bow Asir, and its crew, the vessel's owners said.
Meanwhile, German sailors on Thursday foiled an attempt by pirates to hijack an Egyptian cargo ship off the coast of Yemen, the German Defense Ministry said.
An Ariane 5 rocket has been booked to launch Europe's third ATV cargo ship to the International Space Station (ISS) on 9 March and this mission takes precedence over all other activity at Kourou.
The GT will be traveling by cargo ship in a 40-foot container between continents, the company says.
Guerrillas target oil company workers in Nigeria, pirates ransom cargo ship operators off the coast of Somalia and criminal gangs go after tech executives and their children in India.
The usual cargo was wine, but on this trip the ship carried more than 100 passengers hoping to start a new life on the other side of the Atlantic.
The future for the other type of cargo ship bulk carriers, which transport coal, iron ore, grain and so forth is less rosy.
Eight crewmen of the Solomon Browne lost their lives 22 years ago as they tried to save the crew of a cargo ship in 1981.
During that time, astronauts will load about 2, 300 pounds of cargo back on the ship, and then it will return to Earth on March 25, splashing down off the coast of Baja California.
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The answer that B9 is proposing is a coastal cargo ship that combines massive carbon-fibre DynaRig sails - such as those used on the superyacht, the Maltese Falcon - with an engine that runs on bio-gas made from food waste using a process called anaerobic digestion.
The vessel's operator, the Dubai-based Pioneer Ship Management Services, reported that a cargo of petrol was loaded in Nigeria and was being moved to the US and Europe.
But the allure of spending 14 days on a cargo vessel-turned-cruise ship had nothing to do with the bare-boned interior of the Aranui 3.
On Thursday, a Russian cargo ship escaped pirates who attacked the ship with machine guns and grenade launchers, Russia's Transport Ministry said.
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