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Through the efforts of the navies of the world, Somali pirates are no longer as rampant as before, and Somali pirates also know which countries' cargo ships cannot be robbed and which countries' cargo ships are bullied. For example, when the cargo ships of Some countries such as China and Russia set sail, there will always be warships escorting in the nearby waters, and if there are pirates who do not dare to rob the cargo yards of these countries for a long time, the final fate is to be sent to the local government for sanctions. However, there are always accidents, in 2010, Somali pirates still accidentally hit and robbed a Bad Chinese and Russian trading merchant ship.
Russia is a big exporter of crude oil, and in May 2010, the China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation purchased 90,000 tons of Russian crude oil, and a tanker carrying Chinese crude oil set sail from the Red Sea. The tanker's route must pass through the Gulf of Aden, through which countless cargo ships pass every year, so there is a lot of Somali piracy here, making it one of the most dangerous seas. The tanker sailed to the Gulf of Aden, the danger is slowly approaching, somali pirates found this very large tanker, saw the Flag of Liberia, a group of pirates are very excited, the company of this tanker must be very rich, this time can ask for a lot of ransom. Why do Russian tankers fly the Liberian flag?
In the shipping world, like the flag of Liberia known as the "Flag of Convenience", this is a West African country that fights wars all year round, although it is a country but does not have a complete social system and sound laws. There are no regulations on the registration of vessels, and the only advantage of registering a vessel in such a country is that there is no taxation. There are advantages and disadvantages, and these countries do not have the capacity to protect ships, and if something really happens, they can only consider themselves unlucky. Somali pirates are very fond of robbing the merchant ships of these small countries, and they will hardly be retaliated against.
Seeing a Liberian-flagged tanker sailing "in a nonchalant" way through the Gulf of Aden, a group of Somali pirates chased after them in shabby speedboats. But they did not expect that this was an oil tanker "draped in sheep's clothing", not only could not get the ransom, but a group of pirates was also "annihilated".
The escort warships of various countries are free to escort merchant ships, if the shipping company is willing to pay, you can also spend money alone to find your own warship escort, but it will take a while, after all, it is a national warship, can not be on call like a taxi. In order to complete the order as soon as possible, the Russian oil company did not have a mercenary ship escort, and there were only 23 people on the tanker carrying 90,000 tons of crude oil, all of whom were crew members, and the tanker was named "Moscow University". The fighting people may not be afraid to encounter pirates. If the cargo ships of other countries carrying 90,000 tons of crude oil, they will certainly not set sail alone if they pass through the pirate-ridden Gulf of Aden. The fact that the tanker dared to sail alone in the Gulf of Aden made the pirates also start to be careful, and something similar had happened before, mistaking the warship for a cargo ship, and finally the pirates were sanctioned. The pirates staring at the "Moscow University" were very careful, and did not hurry to move, but kept following far away, and it was reasonable to say that the tankers in front of them had already sensed their presence.
Usually, the cargo ship found that there were pirates trailing, and it would definitely speed up, but the "Moscow University" was different, still sailing steadily, directly ignoring the Somali pirates in the rear. Let this group of pirates have no bottom in their hearts, there is no warship escort, and there is no security personnel on board to stand guard, why is this tanker not afraid? After following this for a while, after the observation of the pirates, it was determined that this was an oil tanker without any security forces, and just when it was about to sail out of the Gulf of Aden, the pirates did not wait any longer, increased the throttle and rushed towards the tanker.
The captain of the "Moscow University" looked at the Arabian Sea in front of him, and then looked at the three pirate speedboats that caught up behind him, and his heart was also bitter, and he had been worried and afraid after entering the Gulf of Aden, praying not to meet pirates, but just when he was about to leave the Gulf of Aden, the pirates caught up. However, as an old captain, he had seen too many winds and waves, and at this time he did not panic, first of all, he ordered the helmsman to speed up the sailing speed, and if he could drag a little longer, it was best to sail out of the Gulf of Aden before the pirates caught up. But how could a tanker loaded with 9 tons of crude oil shake off the speedboat? Three pirate speedboats were still rapidly approaching, and the pirates were very grumpy, holding up their AK rifles and sweeping the sky, and one of the pirates was carrying a bazooka to shoot at the "Moscow University". The precise hit hit on the deck of the aft of the tanker, the sound of the waves and the roar of the tanker could not mask the huge explosion. The captain knew that he could not escape now, so he gathered all the crew together, so that everyone was ready for battle, and at the same time began to report to the company that they had encountered pirates, and sent a signal to the Russian warships that they needed rescue.
Just as the captain was preparing to inform the Sinopec Group of this matter, the pirates fired another rocket, which happened to blow up the communication equipment on the tanker, and there was no way to contact the outside world, if there was no accident, the pirates would successfully get a ransom of millions of dollars. But the captain did not give in, he did not choose to stand still, the captain constantly encouraged the 23 crew, shouting passionately. Under the leadership of the captain, everyone rushed out, ready to prevent the group of pirates from boarding the ship, seeing that the three speedboats had approached the tanker, several crew members opened the high-pressure water gun at the pirates, and the strong current impact made the pirates very uncomfortable, and several pirates who did not stand on the speedboat were directly washed into the sea. The other pirates were also washed to pieces, after a short period of confusion, the pirates gradually stabilized their positions, several pirates with AK rifles were preparing to shoot back in color, looking up to see the iron pipes and other things thrown down by the crew, ping-pong ping-pong sounded, the scene was indeed quite fierce, but it could not cause substantial damage to the pirates, and there was a pirate speedboat that was far away from the oil tanker when it was hit by a high-pressure water gun, and at this time just turned around and returned, holding an AK rifle and starting to strafe at the crew. Thankfully, no crew member was injured. But the pirates' attacks did not stop, and the suppressed crew did not dare to probe and fight back. At this time, the other pirates took out the hook locks and boarded the oil tanker, and the captain saw the situation and directed the people to retreat to the safety cabin.
Pirates successfully boarded the oil tanker, found that this is a cargo ship carrying crude oil, what makes the pirates more embarrassed is that these are all marked by Russian and Chinese logos, if you know that it is the trade cargo ships of these two countries, you will certainly not rush to rob, so many pirates have been captured by the navies of these powerful countries for so many years. But the two rockets have already destroyed the tanker, and even if they escape now, they will inevitably be sanctioned in the future, and they will be ridiculed by other pirate gangs when they return. After thinking about it, the pirates simply did not stop and took control of the tanker as soon as possible to hijack all the crew members and return to their old nests, and then the pirates began to look around for the crew. Before that, all the crew had taken refuge in the safety cabin. After a fruitless search, a dozen pirates also rushed to the outside of the safety cabin, and one pirate began to shout inside, presumably meaning that they would not hurt the crew and let them come out on their own. Because of the language barrier, no one can understand what the pirates are saying, even if they can understand, no one will believe the "ghost words" said by the pirates, before this group of pirates did not have the slightest soft meaning, the two rockets on the oil tanker blew out the gap and countless gun holes are made by this group of pirates. And this group of pirates is likely to do something to hurt the crew for ransom. Hiding in the safety cabin and waiting for rescue is the most correct choice, now no one cares about this group of pirates, just let them make trouble outside.
The pirates saw that the crew did not respond, with an AK rifle to the safety hatch, the result was not half an effect, could not open the hatch, at this time a pirate found that there was an iron plate on the side of the hatch, knocked on the sound of a hole, and then began to use tools to get the iron plate down, it turned out that this was a waste vent. The air vent was small enough to allow people to get in, and the pirates took turns strafing at the vents, threatening the crew in the safety compartment. Fortunately, no crew members were harmed. A pirate wanted to see what was going on inside through the vent, when he suddenly burst out a dagger from the vent, just touching the pirate's forehead. This is what the first mate knew about encountering pirates, and took it with him, and now it is tied to a long pipe. The pirates suffered a blow, and when the other crew members saw it, they also threw things at the outside of the vent, water cups, homemade improvised Molotov cocktails, and so on.
A group of pirates had no way but to go somewhere else to rest, so that the crew thought that the pirates had left, so as to let down their guard and come out of the safety cabin. Waiting until 4 a.m., the pirates sneaked outside the security hatch and waited for the crew inside to come out. But the captain did not let down his guard, every once in a while will use through the vent, shake their hat to try the situation outside, although there has been no movement, but the captain does not dare to open the hatch to go out, always feel unsteady, and the captain also let the crew put the things in the house against the hatch. The pirates outside were in a hurry, knowing that they could not wait any longer, and that they might encounter escort warships, and now they could only flee first, thinking that the pirates who returned empty-handed were not in their hearts, thinking of taking away everything that could be taken away from the ship, and then began to act separately.
Just as the pirates were scavenging for things, the Russian warship receiving a distress signal from the Moscow University arrived. In order to understand the situation on the tanker as soon as possible, two squads were sent to approach the tanker, one team took a speedboat, the other team took a helicopter, when the pirates noticed that it was too late when a warship came to the rescue, they could not care about the things in their hands, and quickly ran to their own speedboat, and the crew in the safety cabin also heard the movement outside, knowing that the navy's rescue had arrived, at this time they opened the hatch and walked out from the inside. After a round-up by the Russian Navy, all the pirates were captured in less than 20 minutes. There were 11 people in total, and one of the pirates was very grumpy and fought back with an AK rifle, so he was killed on the spot. At the time of arrest, 3 pirates ran back to the safety cabin, just met the crew coming out of it, and were surrounded by 23 crew members.
The captured pirates were handed over to the local government according to international law, but the Somali country was very chaotic and could not deal with the pirates, at which point the captain said that the pirates had been released, which was unanimously opposed by everyone. The captain then said that they would only give them three liters of fuel and three speedboats, and the rest would be confiscated. In this way, the pirates were exiled to the sea. No one knows the final outcome of this group of pirates, but the nearest island to the sea of the incident is also hundreds of nautical miles, and each speedboat with only one liter of fuel is certainly not visible to the island. The captain's handling of this method did not violate international law, but also appeared particularly humane, after all, it did not kill this group of harmful pirates.
The story is over, but there are still rampant pirates in Somalia, and it is hoped that peace and law and order will be restored there as soon as possible. Treat somali pirates well.