MV Abdullah

The world’s most dangerous sea routes. Picture: Metro.co.uk
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Pirates, hijacks and hurricanes: The world’s most dangerous shipping routes revealed

As a result many countries considered global shipping to be of paramount importance, so much so that Britain and the US unleashed an arsenal of weapons as soon as oil transportation was threatened

The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has shared an image of the latest position of the ship hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean on Monday morning.
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Where is the ship now?

Photo: Wikipedia/US Navy
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Why Somalia's fishermen, unemployed youth turned to piracy

A photo of Md Atik Ullah Khan. Photo: Collected
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They're taking our phones away, pray for me: Chief officer of ship under pirate attack

The unidentified crew member who managed to send a voice message to his peer. Photo: Collected
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Armed pirates taking us to Somali coast: Sailor sends message from hijacked ship

Photo: Shipspotting.
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100 days, $4m ransom, tugboat rescue: The 2010 hijacking of MV Jahan Moni

A photo taken on January 4, 2010 shows an armed Somali pirate keeping vigil on the coastline near Hobyo, northeastern Somalia. AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMED DAHIR
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Who are the Somali pirates?

MV Abdullah. File Photo: Shipspotting
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Bangladeshi ship hijacked by 50 Somali pirates in Indian Ocean