Hoang Son Sun: goods have no insurance.

On the same day, Hoang Son – deputy director of Hoang Son – told Tuoi Tre the company is working with a UK-based firm specialized in negotiating all things related to hostage and pirates to rescue the victims.
“The ransom is estimated to hit US$5 million,” he added.
He said that the vessel itself is insured but that the staff and goods on the ship have no insurance.

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Samho Jewelry: "No! No! Not a sixpence!"

USNI Proceedings Magazine - December 2010




The reality is that Somali pirates actually pirated just 48 ships out of the roughly 33,000 that passed through that area in 2009, taking a total of 846 hostages—freeing all of them, without fail, as ransom negotiations were concluded. . Barbary pirates were successful most of the time; Somali pirates fail most of the time. The latter have a success rate of around 25 percent, largely due to best practices by the merchant ships themselves. Barbary pirates put general commerce in their region of operation in peril. They successfully pirated a significant amount of merchant tonnage; every single merchantman was vulnerable to attack. Somali pirates have attacked less than one third of 1 percent of traffic in their area of operation, and most ships of the type that carry international commerce are not vulnerable to Somali pirates at all.
Today our foreign commerce is carried largely on foreign-flagged ships—just about 2 percent (or less) moving on U.S. vessels. We are completely dependent on foreign-flagged tankers for oil imports, as there are no U.S.-flagged tankers—for either crude or product—in the true foreign commerce of the United States. The same goes for bulkers used in the export of our agricultural products. The total foreign-going, U.S.-flagged fleet is down to about 100 ships, and most of those are not really in the foreign commerce of the United States. (Pinckney's supposed retort, "Millions for defense, sir, but not one cent for tribute," is the origin of the famed shibboleth, although the words were NOT his. Pinckney did, however, exclaim at one point in the conversations: "No! No! Not a sixpence!")"
By Stephen M. Carmel, senior vice president with Maersk Line,

KHALED MUHIEDDINE K: Togo-flag 1981 bulker

Togo-flagged and owned by Dana Maritime in Syria and managed by Damak Maritime Co, bulk carrier was hijacked on January 21 around 330 nautical miles southeast of the port of Salalah, Oman. Master reported being fired upon with small arms and seeing pirates on board. All contact with the vessel was then lost. Type Partnership, Company Size: 7 employees

8105650 KHALED MUHIEDDINE K 5VAI3 Bulker 24022 1981 Togo

(ex ROYAL CROWN, JOHNNY L, JOHNNY L., JOHN L., FLORA)
GT:14383
DWT:24022
LOA:160,00 m
Breadth:24,6 m
Draught:9,80 m
Flag:Togo

CFO
Damak Maritime Co. (Maritime industry) January 2010 — Present (1 year 1 month)
Owner Scout Gate (Computer Networking industry) December 2006 — Present

Hédi DAMAK Title retired manager chez Damak Maritime Co.
Demographic info
Tunisia | Maritime
K.Damak Shipping CO. SA founded in 1981 by the late Kamel DAMAK, is now one of the most reliable shipping companies in TUNISIA thanks to the wide range of services it is offering and due to the fact that our main collaborators are shareholders in the company. Our modern infrastructures, our motivated and innovative team and our first class correspondents are enabling us to take over the whole process of conveying cargoes through the different stages involved.

Hoang Son Sun: rescued by ROKN Seals?

Hoàng Sơn Bulker may have been the 'Mongolian vessel nearby' stormed before the South Korean Navy rescued its own Samho Jewelry. here Friday's rescue operation came after a brief gun battle on Tuesday when the South Korean destroyer Choi Young detected Somali pirates who apparently got off the vessel to hijack a Mongolian vessel nearby.

The South Korean special forces aboard a fast-sailing Navy boat and a Lynx helicopter were dispatched to rescue the Mongolian vessel, sparking the gun battle.


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Samho Jewelry: retaken by storming ROKN Seals

South Korean destroyer Choi Young, with some 300 special troops, pursued the 11,500-ton Samho Jewelry and special forces stormed the Samho Shipping Co. earlier today and freed all hostages,"the forces captured five pirates alive. There were 13 pirates aboard the Samho Jewelry.
The South Korean captain of the ship suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach during the operation, but his condition is not life-threatening, Lee said. As the operation began, the destroyer and Lynx helicopters fired warning shots in the air after the elite forces silently approached the deck of the Samho Jewelry. Armed with AK-47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, the pirates put up resistance and the South Korean forces immediately returned fire.

The operation, which took place in high seas about 1,300 kilometers off northeast Somalia, lasted about five hours. Tuesday's firefight left several pirates missing, and they are believed to have been killed, though their bodies have not been found, officials said. Three South Korean soldiers suffered minor injuries and were sent to a hospital in Oman.

Friday's rescue operation came after a brief gun battle on Tuesday when the South Korean destroyer Choi Young detected Somali pirates who apparently got off the vessel to hijack a Mongolian vessel nearby.

The South Korean special forces aboard a fast-sailing Navy boat and a Lynx helicopter were dispatched to rescue the Mongolian vessel, sparking the gun battle.

Hoang Son Sun: Hoàng Sơn bulker

1984 bulk carrier hijacked approximately 520 nm SE of Muscat, Oman.

8323862 HOANG SON SUN JVBF4 Bulker 22835 1984 Mongolia
Hoàng Sơn


Hoang Son Co Ltd (Haiphong Ofiice) Ship Manager & Owner
Address : 102, Tran Hung Dao boundary, Haiphong, Vietnam
Telephone : (84) 31 769433
Facsimile : (84) 31 979277


Any vessel used in navigation, including non-propelled vessels, fishing vessels and pleasure yachts may be registered under the Mongolia flag. A ship may be registered under any of the following registration types:

1. Normal Registration
(a) Provisional Registration (can be completed using faxed documents);
(b) Permanent Registration (when all registration requirements are fulfilled);
2. Short Term Registration valid for a maximum of 3 months (for delivery voyages or registration of title)
3. Bareboat Charter Registration
4. Mortgage Registration

CPO China: Australian Marines board tanker

Jan. 4: Australian forces from the frigate HMAS Melbourne board the British-flagged tanker CPO China in the Arabian Sea, approximately 365 nautical miles southeast of Salalah in Oman after responding to a distress call. earlier