EU Navfor destroys whaler used in attack on Golden Ocean’s KSL Sydney.
EU Navfor military personnel have blown up a Somali pirate vessel used in an attack on a Golden Ocean bulker earlier this month.
The anti-piracy operation said the whaler was captured on Sunday.
The 2018 figure is broken down as 107 vessels boarded, 32 attempted attacks, 13 vessels fired upon and four vessels hijacked—although no vessels were reported as hijacked in the third quarter of 2018. This is first time since 1994 when no vessel hijackings have been reported in two consecutive quarters.
Nevertheless, incidents of this crime persist, with the number of crew members held hostage increasing in comparison to the same period in 2017—from 80 incidents to 112 by the third quarter of 2018.