Article: Pirates defiant amid talk of new tactics

Article: 'Liberty Sun' Becomes First Giant Ship To Dock At ...
Africa News Service;  April 21, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... operational. The 225-metre long mv Liberty Sun glided into the harbour with the help ... American crew members on board, the mv Liberty Sun carried cereals for Tanzania's drought ... constructed in 1986 and, like the mv Liberty Sun, have a 64,000 dwt capacity. Other ...

Article: M/V LIBERTY SUN Arrives Safely in Kenya.
PR Newswire;  April 16, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... United States flag merchant vessel M/V LIBERTY SUN and its crew, operated by American ... safely in Mombasa, Kenya. The M/V LIBERTY SUN, carrying 20 U.S. citizen crew members ... security plan to perfection." The M/V LIBERTY SUN was on a voyage from Houston, Texas ...

US crew members from the US merchant ship Liberty Sun ...
Getty Images;  April 16, 2009 ;     239 words ... ... crew members from the US merchant ship Liberty Sun secure ... Full Size JPG (659 KB) US crew members from the US merchant ship Liberty Sun secure netting around a ladder moments ... of Mombasa on April 16, 2009. The Liberty Sun was attacked by somali pirates a day ...

Piracy Liberty Sun
AP Images;  April 15, 2009 ;     270 words ...This photo shows the Liberty Sun as it passes Gibraltar June 27, 2007. The cargo ship loaded ... attempt of a U.S. freighter in a week, officials said. The Liberty Sun's American crew was not injured in the attack but the vessel ...

Article: M/V LIBERTY SUN Crew Safe Following Attack by ...
PR Newswire;  April 15, 2009 ;     593 words ... ... Earlier today the United States flag merchant vessel M/V LIBERTY SUN and its crew, operated by American shipping company Liberty ... entire crew for its professionalism and poise under fire. The LIBERTY SUN was on a voyage enroute to Mombasa, Kenya from Houston ...

CORRECTION Piracy Liberty Sun
AP Images;  April 15, 2009 ;     275 words ...Katy Urbik, mother of Liberty Sun crewman Thomas Urbik, talks to Thomas on the phone Wednesday ... listens. A photo of Thomas Urbik is seen on the table. The Liberty Sun came under attack by Somali pirates on Tuesday, but the American ...

US Piracy Liberty Sun
AP Images;  April 15, 2009 ;     241 words ...In this photo taken Nov. 5, 2004, workers unload food aid from the MV Liberty Sun at Eritrea's main Red Sea port, Massawa. Somali pirates attacked and damaged an American ship carrying humanitarian aid Tuesday ...