Indonesian piracy lull ends THE masters of two commercial vessels managed to fend off attempted boardings by armed men in separate incidents in Indonesia waters last Saturday, according to the latest weekly Piracy Report from the ICC International Maritime Bureau. In one case shots were fired as a relatively quiet spell in Indonesian waters ended following two weeks of relative inactivity. Six armed men wearing masks and black clothes in a grey coloured speedboat approached a bulk carrier underway close to Mendanau Island, in the Gelasa Strait off southern Sumatra. They fired at the ship's superstructure and ordered the ship to stop. Instead the master raised the alarm, sounded ship's whistle and took evasive manoeuvres. The pirates fled. Meanwhile off the northern tip of Sumatra, close to troubled Aceh province, four boats carrying armed men approached a container ship at speed. The crew mustered and activated fire hoses while the ship increased speed. The boats broke off the attack. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/vbOolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> JALESVEVA YAYAMAHE Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pelaut/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
