UNOSAT has released the map of ‘Reported Incidents of Somali Pirate Attacks and Hijackings in the Gulf of Aden for 2008′. All piracy incident data for the map were obtained from open sources.
Here is the summary of pirate attacks off Somalia coast for the year 2008.
- Total number of reported incidents off Somali coast – 180
- Total reported pirate attacks off Somali coast – 115
- Successful hijackings – 46
- Attempted but failed hijackings – 69
- Suspicious approach incidents which did not result in an actual pirate attack – 65
- Attack Success Rate
- January to July : 42%
- August: 70%
- September: 45% (chart shows as 48%)
- October: 28%
- November: 41% (chart shows as 42%)
- December: 25%
- Overall hijacking Success Rate: 40%
Graphical presentation showing Attempted Hijackings, Hijackings and Success Rate.
To view more details, download the UNOSAT map as pdf.
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The best review and the best graphical presentation.
Nazeem Ahmed,
I agree. UNOSAT map gives the best graphical presentation.Thanks for your response.
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This is crazy, these guys literally don’t take any prisoners, they are brutal. I have an uncle who has a fishing boat of the coast off Djibouti and I worry about him everyday but its his livleyhood so he must carry on, he does arm himself though, it is just not safe not to.