Posts Tagged ‘pirates’

Are Somali Pirates Just Trying to Protect the Environment?

Some say that Somalian pirates are out to help save the water from illegal dumping by Western nations. Are these green buccaneers or just men out to make a profit?

Somalia Pirates Seize Saudi Oil Tanker: Gas Prices Remain Unchanged

Somalia pirates seize Saudi oil tanker Sirius StarThe Sirius Star, an oil tanker with the capacity to carry two million barrels and longer than three football fields, was seized by Somali pirates off the coast of East Africa.

This high tech tanker, staffed by only 25 crew members and owned by Saudi Aramco, was headed south toward the Cape of Good Hope on its way to North America when it was hijacked.  [...]

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