Arctic Sea: Bound for Bejaia

The vessel comes to 0 knots just off Tallinn, Estonia, in the dark, then heads West again.

0 knots at 21:18 March 25
Destination: BEJAIA [NEW]
ETA: 2010-03-06 06:00
Info Received: 2010-03-26 02:07

It's a good thing we are not of a suspicious nature!

Arctic Sea: return to the scene of the crime

Arctic Sea: Approaching hijacking site again

Finnish investigators are due back from Russia where they went to interview the alleged hijackers of the Arctic Sea, a vessel thought to have been caught illegally transporting AA missiles to Iran on that voyage. Meanwhile, the vessel is again approaching the scene of that incident. Finnish investigators have been cooperating in the probe along with Malta and Sweden.

Arctic Sea: Union pleads for those onboard

The Solchart site carries a plea said to be from a trade union
Four crew members – Master, Chief Engineer, Second Engineer and Bosun remain on board. Trade Union and relatives do not have connection with the remaining seafarers, and we are very concerned about the future of our brothers. Last week in the programme “Man and right” family saw Master Zaretskiy. He looked ill and exhausted.

Arctic Sea - hijackers on board

Eight hijackers were found on board the Arctic Sea in addition to the 15-man crew. The hijackers had approached the Arctic Sea in a dinghy, claiming they needed help to repair their vessel, The suspects include four Estonians, two Latvians and two Russians.

Rubber dinghies found in Mumbai harbor

There were 10 men aboard the boat who appeared to be in their early 20s, and eight of them disembarked carrying backpacks. all the 10 gunmen were Pakistani because they spoke Punjabi or Punjabi-accented Urdu. Measuring about 3 meters long, the boat had a new Yamaha 40-horsepower outboard engine. The vessel bore Arabic characters used in writing Urdu. Fuel cans and life jackets were found in the boat.