The newest hotspot for piracy?

TLAM Strike · 01-17-12, 04:49 PM

First we had Indonesia, then the infamous Somalia, last month the Mekong and now the Danube?

http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/120650/

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Ukrainian Danube Shipping Company (Izmail, Odesa region) has reported a pirate attack on its UDP-1724 barge, which was in a convoy headed by the Perm motor vessel, on the 20-25 kilometer of the Borcea-Bala stretch of the Danube River on Romania on Jan. 4, 2012.

According to the press release of the company, first the motor vessel steered the barge and two sections with ore. After leaving them at a distance of 25 kilometers from Borcea, the vessel returned for the remaining sections, and at that time about fifteen people attacked the barge.

My favorate part:

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They demanded alcohol, cigarettes, money, fuel, and searched the barge. They threatened the skipper with a knife and threatened to throw him overboard. The attackers took from the barge two rope coils each 100 meters long and old maneuvering ropes about 150 meters long. The crewmembers were not injured by the pirates.

We demand booze and smokes... but we will settle for some old rope!

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According to the press service, this was not the first attack on the company's vessels. In 2010 the Zoriany steamboat was attacked on the Romanian sector of the river, and an attempt to rob the Captain Antypov steamboat, which was moored near Galati port, was also made.

In addition, on Jan. 5, 2011 on the 240th kilometer of the voyage the crew of the UDP-1615 barge noticed damage to seals on the vessel, which was being towed by the Captain Zhydkov steamboat. Signs of unloading by hand were noticed. The crew estimated that from one to three tonnes of maize was missing.

On Dec. 22, 2011, in the same sector, a convoy towed by the Chelyabinsk steamboat was attacked.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 01-17-12, 04:54 PM

What next? Norwegian vikings raiding coast of Scotland?

Dowly · 01-17-12, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

We demand booze and smokes... but we will settle for some old rope!

Osmium Steele · 01-18-12, 08:37 AM

Its those darned Ottomans again!!!!

Where's Stephen the Great when you need him?!?

Tchocky · 01-18-12, 08:44 AM

Danube has seen a lot of action

Karle94 · 01-18-12, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

What next? Norwegian vikings raiding coast of Scotland?

Ah, the good old days. Where did it go?

Penguin · 01-18-12, 04:48 PM

has anyone seen Betonov in the past few days?
All I know is that he works for a company that makes small boats, and he has acces to the Danuba (via the Sava).....

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

We demand booze and smokes... but we will settle for some old rope!

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this is great! Reminds me of a story from my neighbor town. Some years ago, 2 guys took hostages in a bank and demanded several 100.000 Euro, a case of beer and 2 cartons of cigarettes

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