Vessels Currently Being Held By Pirates (Part 1)

Name: Zirku
Date taken: 28 March 2011
Nationality: Emirati-flagged, Kuwaiti-owned
Details: Oil tanker seized around 250 nautical miles south east of Salalah
Status: Captive
Crew: 29

Name: Sinar Kindus
Date taken: 16 March 2011
Nationality: Indonesian
Details: Bulk carrier seized around 320 nautical miles north-east of Socotra

Name: Sinar Kindus
Date taken: 16 March 2011
Nationality: Indonesian
Details: Bulk carrier seized around 320 nautical miles north-east of Socotra
Status: Captive
Crew: 20

Name: Savina Caylyn
Date taken: 8 February 2011
Nationality: Italian
Details: Tanker seized in Indian Ocean
Status: Captive
Crew: 22

Name: Irene SL
Date taken: 9 February 2011
Nationality: Greek
Details: Oil tanker seized in the Indian Ocean of the coast of Oman
Status: Captive

Name: Ing
Date taken: 24 February 2011
Nationality: Danish
Details: yacht carrying a family of five and two other Danish nationals
Status: Crew held ashore in Puntland
Crew: 7

Name: Sinin
Date taken: 12 February 2011
Nationality: Maltese
Details: Bulk carrier taken in Arabian Sea
Status: Captive
Crew: 23

Name: al-Fardous
Date taken: 13 February
Nationality: Yemeni
Details: Fishing vessel seized in Gulf of Aden
Status: Captive
Crew: 8

Name: Dover
Date taken: 28 February
Nationality: Greek-owned, Panama-flagged
Details: Bulk carrier seized in Arabian Sea
Status: Captive
Crew: 23

Name: MV Beluga Nomination
Date taken: 22 January 2011
Nationality: German owned, Antigua and Barbuda flagged
Details: Cargo vessel hijacked in the Indian Ocean north of the Seychelles.
Status: Captive
Crew: 9 held, 2 escaped, 1 killed

Name: Khaled Muhieddine K
Date taken: 20 January 2011
Nationality: Syrian, Togo flagged
Details: Cargo vessel seized south-east of Oman
Status: Captive
Crew: 25

Name: Hoang Son Sun
Date taken: 20 January 2011
Nationality: Vietnamese, Mongolian flagged
Details: Bulk carrier seized south-east of Muscat, Oman.
Status: Captive
Crew: 24
Source: GAC Protective Solutions