Somalia

Somalian Pirates Detained Italian Ship

On Monday October 10, the Italian vessel, Montecristo, was seized by Somalian pirates 620 miles from Somalia. The ship sailed from Liverpool, heading towards Vietnam with a cargo full of iron. There were five armed pirates that held the Montecristo, which had and 23 crew members on board. The Italian ship is owned by the D’Alesio group, stating their main concern now is the safety of the crew. The Italian foreign ministry states the crisis unit is supervising the event and is contacting the shipping company and officials.

Appropriate officials should examine the Montecristo and have a higher security on the seas, to prevent such pirating in the future. Protecting the oceans from pirating and hijackings should be enforced more adamantly, so situations such as this seizing won’t have negative consequences.

Liberal

http://www.corriere.it/english/11_ottobre_11/somali-pirates-seize-montecristo_56b61ae4-f3f0-11e0-8382-87e70525ad6b.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15261734

October 12, 2011 at 01:33 am