372:; in addition, the ship's arrival in the Gulf of Aden was supposedly "suspiciously early." "Many of us ran out on the deck. We saw a group of men in two tiny speedboats close to the ship. The ship’s radar had failed to pick them up. The men were firing in the air," crew member Jeevan Kiran D’Souza said. "There were 16 of them. They threw a ladder fitted with grappling hooks over the side of the ship and clambered aboard. They stormed all cabins and herded the entire crew into a small room, and told the captain to cut the engine." After the hijackers took control of the ship, they used the
465:'s Minister of Minerals and Oil), some of the pirates who boarded the ship suffered a strange illness, which includes loss of hair and skin burns, and some pirates having died. The pirates tried to access the cargo on the ship, but the containers were locked and the captain and Iranian engineer from the ship's crew gave changing accounts of the cargo's contents. "That ship is unusual," the Long War Journal reports Osman as saying. "It is not carrying a normal shipment."
27:
516:] police boarded and searched the ship" and found no hazardous substances on board. The paperwork was in order and the ship was unloaded. Lloyd's List reported that the ship’s charterer—German-based Hinrichs—denied any evidence of pirates falling ill during the hijacking. This contradicts the claims, however, that local officials made to
475:
Experts have said that the accounts of the illness sound more like radiation poisoning than chemical poisoning. "It's baffling," Jonathan Tucker, from the James Martin Center for
Nonproliferation Studies, said to Fox News. "I'm not aware of any chemical agent that produces loss of hair within a few
417:
paid $ 200,000 in the first of a series of ransom payments, but the
Iranian company denied the claim. The ship "was supposed to be released, but now they are saying the $ 200,000 was for facilitation only. They want more money for the ransom," said Andrew Mwangura, of the Kenyan-based East African
453:
The IRISL, which owns the ship, has been designated for proliferation activity by the U.S. Treasury office, thereby freezing its assets and banning
American trade with it, including food and medical supplies, in accordance with US sanctions of Iran. The US accuses the shipping line of "falsifying
400:
The sailors aboard the ship were limited to two slices of moldy bread and a ration of two cups of water. Though the pirates took $ 10,000 from the ship's captain and the crew's cell phones, clothes, and possessions, they were allowed to call home for the first two days after the hijacking. The
472:: “We don’t know exactly how many, but the information that I am getting is that some of them had died. There is something very wrong about that ship." Mwangura, however, did not name the source of his information, so it is not known whether he was referring to the Long War Journal reports.
454:
documents and using deceptive schemes to shroud its involvement in illicit commerce," saying the "IRISL's actions are part of a broader pattern of deception and fabrication that Iran uses to advance its nuclear and missile programs."
364:
The ship had declared as cargo minerals and industrial products such as iron ore, but Somali negotiators are alleged to have said that the true cargo included arms and chemical weapons. The
556:
846:
438:
738:
461:. According to Long War Journal (which as sources for its reports includes "Somali officials," "independent sources," and chiefly a man named Hassan Allore Osman, listed as
786:
1321:
1273:
1259:
401:
pirates carried guns at all time and negotiations were conducted "at the officer's level," so most of the crew knew nothing of the pirates' demands.
1456:
1403:
1313:
1208:
1077:
1021:
981:
961:
868:
384:, and other locations (purportedly to evade rival pirate groups) before meeting their boss, "Abdul Hakeem," and finally mooring off the coast of
510:
arrived at
Rotterdam on 11 November 2008. A "multi-disciplinary team comprising inspectors from the port authority, customs and habour [
368:
had departed from China with the purported intent of selling its cargo in
Germany, but Somali officials say that the ship was truly headed to
881:
692:
548:
479:
In all, 16 pirates died from the ship's contents. Differing analyses have claimed that the ship's contents were planned to be delivered to
943:
603:
911:
381:
377:
843:
666:
1482:
831:
757:
626:
537:
414:
302:
49:
800:
824:
719:
457:
Though the ship carried industrial contents such as iron ore, other potentially illegal cargo has been surmised by the blog
1531:
491:; ultimately, however, the ship berthed at the destination listed on its manifest, Rotterdam, unloading food and minerals.
1526:
1501:
388:
in
Somalia—which is allegedly the base of a crime syndicate. In fact, multiple other pirated ships were moored near the
1536:
1506:
953:
936:
699:
517:
469:
410:
468:
In addition, Director of the East
African's Seafarer's Assistance Programme Andrew Mwangura told South Africa's
1417:
865:
1099:
587:
75:
1234:
498:, and that its cargo was small arms and chemical weapons for Islamist anti-government rebels in Somalia.
1511:
1141:
929:
1470:
1054:
1445:
1246:
318:
889:
541:
1002:
1464:
689:
545:
348:. The ship was freed on October 10, and the crew was unharmed. The ship went underway bound to
754:
122:
1516:
1066:
1035:
409:
A ransom was set at $ 2 million. US officials reportedly would not comment. At one point the
1363:
822:
US Treasury HP-1130: "Major
Iranian Shipping Company Designated for Proliferation Activity"
607:
8:
1521:
989:
560:
623:
1223:
611:
564:
181:
1370:
1280:
1128:
905:
645:
458:
310:
821:
716:
1411:
1168:
1121:
921:
591:
294:
1029:
850:
828:
791:
723:
696:
630:
552:
422:
329:
286:
392:. The number of pirates guarding the ship included 50 on shore and 50 on board.
1377:
1349:
1335:
1287:
1154:
1107:
1048:
1008:
742:
670:
488:
192:
1495:
1430:
853:
761:
1147:
1437:
1328:
1301:
1175:
1085:
1061:
1041:
996:
306:
170:
646:
Mysterious Cargo Aboard
Iranian Ship Seized by Pirates Raises WMD Concerns
1423:
1342:
1266:
1135:
970:
248:
1356:
1295:
1216:
1197:
1189:
1161:
228:
118:
726:
480:
353:
345:
341:
126:
1384:
1240:
1182:
1114:
649:
484:
476:
days. That's more suggestive of high levels of radioactive waste."
462:
326:
1391:
1252:
866:
16 pirates died after handling substance on captured
Iranian ship
796:
765:
495:
369:
633:, October 14, 2008. Reuters Africa. Accessed November 15, 2008.
437:
856:(news services). October 27, 2008. Accessed November 24, 2008.
494:
It has been speculated that the ship's actual destination was
604:
Indian crew of hijacked ship freed unharmed by Somali pirates
426:
337:
314:
349:
333:
322:
667:‘At gunpoint, we survived on bread and two cups of water’
512:
442:
385:
951:
785:Hill, Helen; Smith, Neville (November 14, 2008).
624:Iranian ships step up precautions in Gulf of Aden
1493:
429:ultimately paid $ 2.5 million to free the ship.
376:to tow their boats along. They shuttled between
301:) is an Iranian ship (owned and operated by the
690:Pirates die strangely after taking Iranian ship
937:
787:"Hijacked Iranian bulker berths at Rotterdam"
395:
944:
930:
662:
660:
658:
784:
780:
778:
776:
774:
583:
581:
579:
577:
575:
573:
259:54,237 m (1,915,400 cu ft)
1483:List of ships attacked by Somali pirates
832:United States Department of the Treasury
436:
748:
717:3 sailors onboard Iranian vessel return
702:. Andrew Donaldson, September 28, 2008.
685:
683:
681:
679:
655:
588:Mystery surrounds hijacked Iranian ship
303:Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines
191:199.50 m (654 ft 6 in) (
59:Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines
50:Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines
1494:
910:: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (
771:
570:
432:
211:11.715 m (38 ft 5.2 in)
925:
712:
710:
708:
641:
639:
536:This and other particulars come from
352:and then to its final destination at
23:
676:
597:
298:
219:16.01 m (52 ft 6 in)
203:29.01 m (95 ft 2 in)
13:
705:
636:
275:Iron ore strengthened bulk carrier
137:August 21, 2008 – October 10, 2008
14:
1548:
834:, Press Room. September 10, 2008.
418:Seafarers' Assistance Programme.
251:(28.24 km/h; 17.55 mph)
25:
874:
859:
837:
815:
755:demand ransom for Egyptian ship
557:Fairplay Internet Ship Register
739:Surviving sans water was tough
732:
617:
530:
1:
768:. Accessed November 15, 2008.
523:
871:. Accessed October 23, 2008.
745:. Accessed October 20, 2008.
729:. Accessed October 20, 2008.
673:. Accessed October 20, 2008.
359:
7:
1532:August 2008 events in India
886:www.nationalterroralert.com
594:. Accessed October 1, 2008.
325:of the ship numbered 29: a
305:) that was hijacked in the
227:8,238 kW (11,047
10:
1553:
1527:Piracy in the Indian Ocean
1502:Maritime incidents in 2008
844:Seized ship's cargo deadly
501:
396:Conditions aboard the ship
1480:
1455:
1402:
1312:
1207:
1076:
1020:
980:
960:
700:The Times of South Africa
652:.com. September 30, 2008.
518:The Times of South Africa
404:
336:including an engineer, 3
161:
76:Astilleros Españoles S.A.
18:
321:on August 21, 2008. The
555:, which gets data from
239:1 fixed pitch propeller
162:General characteristics
1537:Naval history of India
1507:Merchant ships of Iran
450:
445:, where the hijacked
440:
153:Sailed originally as
145:Scrapped 8 April 2011
892:on 27 September 2011
608:Press Trust of India
78:- Factoria de Sestao
803:on January 26, 2009
764:September 8, 2008,
741:Govind Kamat Maad,
614:. October 10, 2008.
433:Mysterious contents
952:Ships attacked by
849:2009-02-20 at the
827:2008-10-14 at the
722:2009-02-23 at the
695:2008-10-01 at the
629:2008-11-16 at the
612:The Indian Express
551:2008-11-01 at the
451:
413:reported that the
1512:Piracy in Somalia
1489:
1488:
1365:Moscow University
542:VesselTracker.com
283:
282:
1544:
946:
939:
932:
923:
922:
916:
915:
909:
901:
899:
897:
888:. Archived from
878:
872:
863:
857:
841:
835:
819:
813:
812:
810:
808:
799:. Archived from
782:
769:
752:
746:
736:
730:
714:
703:
687:
674:
664:
653:
643:
634:
621:
615:
601:
595:
592:Long War Journal
585:
568:
561:Lloyd's Register
534:
459:Long War Journal
300:
30:
29:
28:
16:
15:
1552:
1551:
1547:
1546:
1545:
1543:
1542:
1541:
1492:
1491:
1490:
1485:
1476:
1451:
1398:
1308:
1225:Hansa Stavanger
1203:
1072:
1016:
991:Cape St. George
976:
971:Seabourn Spirit
956:
950:
920:
919:
903:
902:
895:
893:
882:"Archived copy"
880:
879:
875:
864:
860:
851:Wayback Machine
842:
838:
829:Wayback Machine
820:
816:
806:
804:
783:
772:
753:
749:
737:
733:
724:Wayback Machine
715:
706:
697:Wayback Machine
688:
677:
665:
656:
648:Joseph Abrams,
644:
637:
631:Wayback Machine
622:
618:
602:
598:
586:
571:
553:Wayback Machine
535:
531:
526:
504:
435:
407:
398:
362:
224:Installed power
110:October 1, 1983
26:
24:
12:
11:
5:
1550:
1540:
1539:
1534:
1529:
1524:
1519:
1514:
1509:
1504:
1487:
1486:
1481:
1478:
1477:
1475:
1474:
1461:
1459:
1453:
1452:
1450:
1449:
1442:
1435:
1428:
1421:
1408:
1406:
1400:
1399:
1397:
1396:
1389:
1382:
1375:
1368:
1361:
1354:
1347:
1340:
1333:
1326:
1318:
1316:
1310:
1309:
1307:
1306:
1299:
1292:
1285:
1282:Safmarine Asia
1278:
1271:
1264:
1257:
1250:
1242:Maersk Alabama
1238:
1228:
1221:
1213:
1211:
1205:
1204:
1202:
1201:
1194:
1187:
1180:
1173:
1166:
1159:
1152:
1145:
1133:
1130:Stolt Strength
1126:
1119:
1112:
1105:
1097:
1090:
1082:
1080:
1074:
1073:
1071:
1070:
1058:
1046:
1039:
1026:
1024:
1018:
1017:
1015:
1014:
1006:
994:
986:
984:
978:
977:
975:
974:
966:
964:
958:
957:
954:Somali pirates
949:
948:
941:
934:
926:
918:
917:
873:
858:
836:
814:
770:
760:2013-02-01 at
747:
743:Times of India
731:
704:
675:
671:Indian Express
669:Shaju Philip,
654:
635:
616:
596:
569:
528:
527:
525:
522:
503:
500:
489:Horn of Africa
487:groups in the
434:
431:
406:
403:
397:
394:
361:
358:
281:
280:
277:
276:
273:
269:
268:
265:
261:
260:
257:
253:
252:
245:
241:
240:
237:
233:
232:
225:
221:
220:
217:
213:
212:
209:
205:
204:
201:
197:
196:
189:
185:
184:
178:
174:
173:
168:
167:Class and type
164:
163:
159:
158:
151:
147:
146:
143:
139:
138:
135:
131:
130:
116:
115:Identification
112:
111:
108:
104:
103:
102:August 5, 1982
100:
96:
95:
94:March 29, 1982
92:
88:
87:
84:
80:
79:
73:
69:
68:
65:
61:
60:
57:
53:
52:
47:
43:
42:
36:
32:
31:
21:
20:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1549:
1538:
1535:
1533:
1530:
1528:
1525:
1523:
1520:
1518:
1515:
1513:
1510:
1508:
1505:
1503:
1500:
1499:
1497:
1484:
1479:
1472:
1468:
1467:
1463:
1462:
1460:
1458:
1454:
1448:
1447:
1443:
1441:
1440:
1436:
1434:
1433:
1432:Savina Caylyn
1429:
1427:
1426:
1422:
1419:
1415:
1414:
1413:Samho Jewelry
1410:
1409:
1407:
1405:
1401:
1395:
1394:
1390:
1388:
1387:
1383:
1381:
1380:
1379:Magellan Star
1376:
1374:
1373:
1369:
1367:
1366:
1362:
1360:
1359:
1355:
1353:
1352:
1348:
1346:
1345:
1341:
1339:
1338:
1334:
1332:
1331:
1327:
1325:
1324:
1320:
1319:
1317:
1315:
1311:
1305:
1304:
1300:
1298:
1297:
1293:
1291:
1290:
1286:
1284:
1283:
1279:
1277:
1276:
1272:
1270:
1269:
1265:
1263:
1262:
1258:
1256:
1255:
1251:
1248:
1244:
1243:
1239:
1236:
1232:
1229:
1227:
1226:
1222:
1220:
1219:
1215:
1214:
1212:
1210:
1206:
1200:
1199:
1195:
1193:
1192:
1188:
1186:
1185:
1181:
1179:
1178:
1174:
1172:
1171:
1170:Ekawat Nava 5
1167:
1165:
1164:
1160:
1158:
1157:
1153:
1151:
1150:
1146:
1143:
1139:
1138:
1134:
1132:
1131:
1127:
1125:
1124:
1123:Yasa Neslihan
1120:
1118:
1117:
1113:
1111:
1110:
1106:
1104:
1102:
1101:Carré d'As IV
1098:
1096:
1095:
1091:
1089:
1088:
1084:
1083:
1081:
1079:
1075:
1068:
1064:
1063:
1059:
1056:
1052:
1051:
1047:
1045:
1044:
1040:
1037:
1033:
1032:
1028:
1027:
1025:
1023:
1019:
1013:
1011:
1007:
1004:
1000:
999:
995:
993:
992:
988:
987:
985:
983:
979:
973:
972:
968:
967:
965:
963:
959:
955:
947:
942:
940:
935:
933:
928:
927:
924:
913:
907:
891:
887:
883:
877:
870:
869:World Tribune
867:
862:
855:
854:Vancouver Sun
852:
848:
845:
840:
833:
830:
826:
823:
818:
802:
798:
794:
793:
788:
781:
779:
777:
775:
767:
763:
762:archive.today
759:
756:
751:
744:
740:
735:
728:
725:
721:
718:
713:
711:
709:
701:
698:
694:
691:
686:
684:
682:
680:
672:
668:
663:
661:
659:
651:
647:
642:
640:
632:
628:
625:
620:
613:
609:
605:
600:
593:
589:
584:
582:
580:
578:
576:
574:
566:
562:
558:
554:
550:
547:
543:
539:
533:
529:
521:
519:
515:
514:
509:
499:
497:
492:
490:
486:
482:
477:
473:
471:
466:
464:
460:
455:
449:was stationed
448:
444:
439:
430:
428:
424:
421:According to
419:
416:
412:
402:
393:
391:
387:
383:
379:
375:
371:
367:
357:
355:
351:
347:
343:
339:
335:
331:
328:
324:
320:
316:
312:
308:
304:
296:
292:
291:
288:
279:
278:
274:
271:
270:
266:
263:
262:
258:
255:
254:
250:
246:
243:
242:
238:
235:
234:
230:
226:
223:
222:
218:
215:
214:
210:
207:
206:
202:
199:
198:
194:
190:
187:
186:
183:
179:
176:
175:
172:
169:
166:
165:
160:
156:
152:
149:
148:
144:
141:
140:
136:
133:
132:
128:
124:
120:
117:
114:
113:
109:
106:
105:
101:
98:
97:
93:
90:
89:
85:
82:
81:
77:
74:
71:
70:
67:February 1982
66:
63:
62:
58:
55:
54:
51:
48:
45:
44:
41:
37:
34:
33:
22:
17:
1517:Gulf of Aden
1465:
1444:
1438:
1431:
1424:
1412:
1392:
1385:
1378:
1371:
1364:
1357:
1350:
1343:
1336:
1329:
1322:
1302:
1294:
1288:
1281:
1274:
1267:
1260:
1253:
1241:
1230:
1224:
1217:
1196:
1190:
1183:
1176:
1169:
1162:
1155:
1148:
1136:
1129:
1122:
1115:
1108:
1100:
1094:Iran Deyanat
1093:
1092:
1086:
1062:Dai Hong Dan
1060:
1049:
1042:
1031:Danica White
1030:
1009:
997:
990:
969:
894:. Retrieved
890:the original
885:
876:
861:
839:
817:
805:. Retrieved
801:the original
792:Lloyd's List
790:
750:
734:
619:
599:
590:Nick Grace,
546:Iran Denayat
532:
511:
508:Iran Deyanat
507:
505:
493:
478:
474:
470:Sunday Times
467:
456:
452:
446:
441:Location of
423:Lloyd's List
420:
411:Sunday Times
408:
399:
389:
373:
365:
363:
315:Kalashnikovs
307:Gulf of Aden
290:Iran Deyanat
289:
285:
284:
180:44,468
171:Bulk carrier
157:for Liberia.
154:
40:Iran Deyanat
39:
1446:Sinar Kudus
1351:Samho Dream
1337:Asian Glory
1289:Liberty Sun
1156:Sirius Star
1109:Stolt Valor
1050:Golden Nori
565:Marine News
299:ایران دیانت
83:Yard number
1522:1982 ships
1496:Categories
1296:MSC Melody
1010:Dongwon-ho
896:13 January
795:. London:
544:and here:
524:References
236:Propulsion
119:IMO number
1439:Guanabara
1330:Iceberg 1
1303:Horizon-1
1275:Sea Horse
1177:Biscaglia
1087:Le Ponant
1043:Al Marjan
807:March 28,
727:Times Now
481:Hezbollah
360:Hijacking
354:Rotterdam
346:Croatians
344:, and 10
342:Filipinos
327:Pakistani
127:Call sign
107:Completed
91:Laid down
1471:incident
1425:Irene SL
1418:incident
1344:Almezaan
1268:Almezaan
1247:incident
1235:incident
1142:incident
1137:Powerful
1103:incident
1067:incident
1055:incident
1036:incident
1003:incident
998:Gonzalez
906:cite web
847:Archived
825:Archived
758:Archived
720:Archived
693:Archived
650:Fox News
627:Archived
549:Archived
485:al-Qaida
463:Puntland
382:Reassaaf
378:Reassban
334:Iranians
256:Capacity
155:Odinlock
134:Captured
99:Launched
56:Operator
1372:Oceanic
1358:Yasin C
1323:Pramoni
1218:S Venus
1191:Nautica
1163:Delight
1149:Karagöl
797:Informa
766:Reuters
506:The MV
502:Docking
496:Eritrea
447:Deyanat
390:Deyanat
374:Deyanat
370:Eritrea
366:Deyanat
338:Indians
330:captain
311:pirates
295:Persian
208:Draught
177:Tonnage
123:8107579
121::
72:Builder
64:Ordered
19:History
1466:Patiño
1198:Athena
563:) and
483:or to
425:, the
405:Ransom
309:by 40
247:15.25
188:Length
129:: EQPB
1386:Izumi
1261:Irene
1231:Tanit
1184:Astor
1116:Faina
427:IRISL
415:IRISL
332:, 14
313:with
272:Notes
249:knots
244:Speed
216:Depth
150:Notes
46:Owner
1457:2012
1404:2011
1393:York
1314:2010
1254:Qana
1209:2009
1078:2008
1022:2007
982:2006
962:2005
912:link
898:2022
809:2016
610:via
350:Oman
340:, 2
323:crew
319:RPGs
317:and
264:Crew
200:Beam
142:Fate
35:Name
1012:628
538:DNV
513:sic
443:Eyl
386:Eyl
193:LOA
182:DWT
86:260
38:MV
1498::
908:}}
904:{{
884:.
789:.
773:^
707:^
678:^
657:^
638:^
606:,
572:^
540:,
520:.
380:,
356:.
297::
287:MV
267:29
229:hp
125:,
1473:)
1469:(
1420:)
1416:(
1249:)
1245:(
1237:)
1233:(
1144:)
1140:(
1069:)
1065:(
1057:)
1053:(
1038:)
1034:(
1005:)
1001:(
945:e
938:t
931:v
914:)
900:.
811:.
567:.
559:(
293:(
231:)
195:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.