Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean on Monday night hijacked a Greek cargo ship that had loaded phosphate fertilizer at the Port of Tampa in November and was headed for India. ...more

December 30, 2009

If there were armed guards aboard the Maersk Alabama on April 8, Mike Perry, a chief engineer for the ship who lives in Riverview, says pirates would never have boarded and his captain would never have been taken hostage. ...more

November 19, 2009

Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama on Wednesday for the second time in seven months and were thwarted by private guards on board the U.S.-flagged ship who fired off guns and a high-decibel noise device. A U.S. surveillance plane was monitoring the ship as it continued to its destination on the Kenyan coast, while a pirate said that the captain of a ship hijacked Monday with 28 North Korean crew members on board had died of wounds. ...more

November 18, 2009

The return to normalcy will have to wait a little while for Ken Quinn. ...more

April 22, 2009

The return to normalcy will have to wait a little while for Ken Quinn. ...more

April 21, 2009

Somali pirates have attacked and damaged an American ship carrying humanitarian aid, but the ship and crew are safe under Navy escort. ...more

April 14, 2009

The second mate of the container ship hijacked last week by pirates is likely to be back at his Bradenton home by the end of the week, his wife said today. ...more

April 13, 2009

The Bush administration inherited a mess in strategic Somalia and may be leaving President-elect Barack Obama with a worse one. ...more

December 29, 2008

When the Somali pirates hit the headlines, it shivered the timbers of pirate culture. ...more

December 14, 2008

It's the conversation every parent dreads. Mom, Dad, you know how I've always been a little different from the other kids? Well, I think its time you knew the truth. I think I'm, um, an investment banker! ...more

November 29, 2008