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Maersk Alabama Attacked by Somali Pirates- Again

by Jordan Yerman | November 18, 2009 at 07:29 am

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The MV Maersk Alabama, sailing out of Norfolk, Virginia, was attacked once again by Somali pirates. The Maersk Alabama was last attacked in April. The second attack on the Maersk Alabama was fought off by private security. Meanwhile, the pirates aboard the MV Theresa VIII are claiming that the ship's captain has died from gunshot wounds sustained during the hijacking.

Pirates fired automatic weapons on the vessel, which was sailing 350 nautical miles east from the Somali coast.

The pirate, who identified himself only as "Mohamed", said that the MV Theresa Viii is headed to Haradheere, Somalia, along with the captain's body and the rest of the crew.

The MV Theresa VIII, a Singaporean-operated tanker with a crew of 28 North Koreans - was seized about 180 nautical miles north-west of the Seychelles.

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Karl Gotthardt - albertacowpoke

at 08:54 on November 18th, 2009

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months, though private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship repelled the attack with gunfire and a high-decibel noise device.

A U.S. surveillance plane was monitoring the ship as it continued to its destination on the Kenyan coast, while a pirate said that the captain of a ship hijacked Monday with 28 North Korean crew members on board had died of wounds.