Updated Jan 02 2013
Classification of highjacked vessels:
Filed in Table only ocean-going merchant marine vessels, with unique IMO number, with more or less transparent history and known owners and operators, with known number and nationalities of crews.
No local vessels included, almost all of them, with regards to Somali piracy region, are so-called “dhow’. They are engaged in regional trade, goods may be anything from charcoal to illegal migrants. They don’t have IMO number, they aren’t listed in international reference books, they aren’t insured with international insurers, their owner may be any petty company or person along the coastlines of India, Pakistan, Persian Gulf, Oman or Red Sea. For world shipping, these vessels, their owners, their masters and their crews, are simply non-existent. Their costs may be thousands of USD, even maybe tens of thousands, but not anywhere close to the costs of international freighters. Their goods may cost thousands or tens of thousands USD, but not anywhere close to costs of cargoes carried by international freighters. To include in statistics local vessels means to mess all up – even those who’re trying to monitor hijacked local vessels can’t tell exact details of vessels and crews (including number of crews and nationalities), and hijack circumstances, whether vessel was really hijacked or it was prearranged, and vessel stays with pirates on some agreement
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List of merchant vessels presently held by Somali pirates:
Release statistics 2013
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| No | Name and type, IMO | Nationality | Crew | Dates | Ransom ($ million) | Remarks (*) | |
| hijacked | released | ||||||
| 1 | Suezmax tanker Smyrni | Greece | 26 | 10.5.12 | 06.3.13 | ? | |
| 2 | Tanker Royal Grace | UAE | 22 | 02.3.12 | 06.3.13 | ? | |
Hijack statistics 2012
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No
|
Name and type
|
IMO, dwt, built
|
Nationality
|
Crew
|
Hijack
|
Release
|
Remarks
|
1
|
Bulk carrier Free Goddess
|
9107045, 22051, 1995
|
Greece
|
21
|
08.02.12
|
11.10.12
| |
2
|
Ro-ro Leila
|
7302794, GRT 2292, 1973
|
UAE
|
15
|
17.02.12
|
12.04.12
| |
3
|
Tanker Royal Grace
|
8410407, 6813, 1984
|
UAE
|
22
|
02.03.12
| ||
4
|
Bulk carrier Eglantine
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9193202, 63400, 2000
|
Iran
|
23
|
26.03.12
|
02.04.12
|
freed by Iran Navy
|
5
|
General cargo vessel Xiang Hua Men
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8707331, 20705, 1987
|
China
|
28
|
06.04.12
|
06.04.12
|
freed by Iran Navy
|
6
|
Suezmax tanker Smyrni
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9493779, 156000, 2011
|
Greece
|
26
|
10.05.12
| ||
Release statistics 2012
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No
|
Name and type, IMO
|
Nationality
|
Crew
|
Dates
|
Ransom ($ million)
|
Remarks (*)
| |
hijacked
|
released
| ||||||
1
|
Tanker Olib G. 8026608
|
Greece
|
18
|
08.09.10
|
08.01.12
|
3
|
* Tanker left to rot in Somalia
|
2
|
Chem tanker Fairchem Bogey 9423750
|
Singapore
|
21
|
20.08.11
|
12.01.12
|
8
|
*
|
3
|
Bulk carrier Eglantine 9193202
|
Iran
|
23
|
26.03.12
|
02.04.12
|
ransom not paid
|
freed by Iran Navy
|
4
|
General cargo vessel Xiang Hua Men
8707331
|
China
|
28
|
06.04.12
|
06.04.12
|
ransom not paid
|
freed by Iran Navy
|
5
|
ro-ro Leila
7302794
|
UAE
|
15
|
17.02.12
|
12.04.12
|
0.15
|
**
|
6
|
Tanker Enrico Levoli 9188415
|
Italy
|
18
|
27.12.11
|
23.04.12
|
?
| |
7
|
Tanker Liquid Velvet 9083940
|
Greece
|
22
|
31.10.11
|
04.06.12
|
4
|
*
|
8
|
f/v Shiuh Fu No 1.
|
Taiwan
|
26
|
25.12.10
|
18.07.12
|
3
|
*
|
9
|
Bulk carrier Free Goddess
|
Greece
|
21
|
08.02.12
|
11.10.12
|
2.3 (5.7)
|
***
|
10
|
Bulk carrier Orna
|
UAE
|
19
|
20.12.10
|
20.10.12
|
0.6
|
*
6 crew remained in captivity, no reason given
|
11
|
4 South Korean crew from m/t Gemini
|
South Korea
|
4
|
30.04.11
|
01.12.12
|
?
|
*****
|
12
|
ro-ro Iceberg I
|
UAE
|
22(24)
|
29.03.10
|
23.12.12
|
******
| |
Total
|
21.05
|
*
| |||||
Release statistics 2011
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No
|
Name and type, IMO
|
Nationality
|
Crew
|
Dates
|
Ransom ($ million)
|
Remarks (*)
| |
hijacked
|
released
| ||||||
1
|
Product tanker Motivator 9340386
|
Greece
|
18
|
04.07.10
|
16.01.11
| ||
General cargo Izumi 9414955
|
Japan
|
20
|
10.10.10
|
27.02.11
|
4.5
|
*
| |
3
|
General cargo Ems River 9551662
|
Germany
|
8
|
27.12.10
|
28.02.11
|
3
|
*
|
4
|
LPG tanker York 9220421
|
Greece
|
17
|
23.10.10
|
10.03.11
|
4.5
|
*
|
5
|
General cargo Rak Africana 8200553
|
UAE
|
26
|
11.04.10
|
09.03.11
|
2
|
* Abandoned by the crew after release, fate unknown, presumably sank
|
6
|
Bulk carrier Jahan Moni 9102954
|
Bangladesh
|
26
|
05.12.10
|
14.03.11
|
4.2
|
*
|
7
|
Chemical tanker Hannibal II 8011756
|
Tunisia
|
31
|
11.11.10
|
17.03.11
|
2
|
*
|
8
|
VLCC Irene SL 9285823
|
Greece
|
25
|
08.02.11
|
08.04.11
|
13.5 (?!)
|
*
|
9
|
General cargo Thor Nexus 8712491
|
Thailand
|
27
|
25.12.10
|
11.04.11
|
4.77
|
*
|
10
|
Heavylift Beluga Nomination 9356402
|
Germany
|
8
|
22.01.11
|
13.04.11
|
5
|
*
|
11
|
Asphalt tankerAsphalt Venture 8875798
|
UAE
|
15
|
29.09.10
|
15.04.11
|
3.6
|
* 7 Indian crew still in capture
|
12
|
Bulk carrier Renuar 9042221
|
Greece
|
24
|
11.12.10
|
23.04.11
|
6.0
|
*
|
13
|
General cargo Sinar Kudus 9172507
|
Indonesia
|
20
|
16.03.11
|
01.05.11
|
4.5
|
*
|
14
|
Bulk carrier Khaled Muhieddine K 8105650
|
Syria
|
25
|
20.01.11
|
26.05.11
|
2.5
|
*
|
15
|
General cargo Yuan Xiang 7609192
|
China
|
29
|
12.11.10
|
08.06.11
|
3.6
|
*
|
16
|
Tanker aframax Zirku 9237802
|
UAE
|
29
|
28.03.11
|
10.06.11
|
12.0 (?!)
|
*
|
17
|
General cargo Suez 8218720
|
Egypt
|
23
|
02.08.10
|
11.06.11
|
2.1
|
*
|
18
|
General cargo Susan K 9344370
|
Germany
|
10
|
08.04.11
|
16.06.11
|
5.7
|
*
|
19
|
Bulk carrier Sinin 9274941
|
Iran
|
21
|
12.02.11
|
13.08.11
| ||
20
|
Bulk carrier Eagle 8126408
|
Greece
|
24
|
17.01.11
|
20.08.11
|
6.0 (?!)
|
*
|
21
|
Tanker Polar 9299563
|
Greece
|
24
|
30.10.10
|
26.08.11
|
1 crew died in captivity
| |
22
|
Boxship MSC Panama 8902125
|
USA
|
23
|
10.12.10
|
06.09.11
|
7.0 (?!)
|
*
|
23
|
Bulk carrier Hoang Son Sun 8323862
|
Vietnam
|
24
|
19.01.11
|
15.09.11
|
4.5
|
*
|
24
|
Bulk carrier Dover 7433634
|
Greece
|
23
|
28.02.11
|
30.09.11
|
3.8
|
*
|
25
|
Bulk carrier Blida 7705635
|
Algeria
|
27
|
01.01.11
|
03.11.11
|
2.6
|
*
|
26
|
Bulk carrier Rosalia D’Amato 9225201
|
Italy
|
21
|
21.04.11
|
25.11.11
|
6
|
* first pirates voiced 0.6 mil, later said it was 6 mil
|
27
|
Product tanker Gemini 8412352
|
Singapore
|
25
|
30.04.11
|
30.11.11
|
4
|
* 4 seamen of ROK nationality still in capture
|
28
|
Aframax tanker Savina Caylyn 9489285
|
Italy
|
22
|
08.02.11
|
21.12.11
|
11.5 (?!)
|
*
|
* - sum of the ransom reported by pirates, no confirmation or otherwise from other sources
Total some $130 million. Favourite figure given by pirates was $4.5 million. Well, it doesn’t matter much, because all those millions pirates are bragging about hardly exist, actual ransoms were at least one third less, so my estimation is, pirates got in total something between $80-90 million.
Release statistics 2010
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No
|
Name and type
|
Dates
|
Ransom ($ million)
|
IMO No
| |
hijack
|
release
| ||||
1
|
Tanker Marida Marguerite
|
08.05.10
|
28.12.10
|
5.5
|
9445655
|
2
|
Bulk carrier Eleni P
|
12.02.10
|
11.12.10
|
9128025
| |
3
|
Tanker Al Nisr Al Saudi
|
01.03.10
|
07.12.10
|
9058696
| |
4
|
VLCC Samho Dream
|
04.04.10
|
06.11.10
|
9.5
|
9235737
|
5
|
Tanker Golden Blessing
|
28.06.10
|
06.11.10
|
2.8
|
9539016
|
6
|
Bulk carrier VOC Daisy
|
21.04.10
|
16.10.10
|
9154555
| |
7
|
Tanker Panega
|
11.05.10
|
09.09.10
|
8511586
| |
8
|
Bulk carrier Frigia
|
23.03.10
|
29.07.10
|
7507485
| |
9
|
Product tanker UBT Ocean
|
05.03.10
|
20.07.10
|
9408360
| |
10
|
Car carrier Asian Glory
|
02.01.10
|
11.06.10
|
5.8
|
9070474
|
11
|
Tanker St. James Park
|
28.12.09
|
13.05.10
|
9072836
| |
12
|
Reefer Talca
|
23.03.10
|
11.05.10
|
8616324
| |
13
|
Chemical tanker Theresa VIII
|
16.11.09
|
16.03.10
|
3.5
|
8105923
|
14
|
Tuna fishing vessel Thai Union 3
|
29.09.09
|
07.03.10
|
3 – 3.5
|
8919415
|
15
|
Bulk carrier Navios Apollon
|
28.12.09
|
28.02.10
|
9211145
| |
16
|
Chemical tanker Pramoni
|
01.01.10
|
26.02.10
|
9408803
| |
17
|
VLCC Maran Centaurus
|
30.11.09
|
18.01.10
|
5.5
|
9073050
|
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