Dryad in the News
2012
- India, Italy wrangle over Indian fishermen killing, Associated Press, 22 Feb 2012
- Pirate Fighters, ITV Meridian Tonight, 18 Feb 2012
- Centre unveiled to battle piracy, British Forces News, 17 Feb 2012
- Experts open world-class anti-piracy intelligence centre, Channel 4 News, 17 Feb 2012
- UK seeks backing for Somalia action, The Independent, 17 Feb 2012
- Costa Concordia Disaster: Questions over how liner capsized so fast, Sky News 15 Jan 2012
- Cruise disaster: ship’s owners blame human error, The Telegraph, 15 Jan 2012
- Cruise ship death toll continues to rise, The Independent, 15 Jan 2012
- Claims emerge Costa Concordia captain was trying to ‘salute’ an officer on shore, Metro, 16th Jan 2012
2011
- Hijacking of MV Montecristo, British Forces News 13 Oct 2011
- Hijacking of MV Montecristo, BBC Radio Solent 10 Oct 2011
- UK and US forces ‘rescue pirate-held Italian ship’, BBC News, 11th October 2011
- British tourist killed in Kenya. BBC News, 12th September 2011 – no longer available
- Dryad’s MD Graeme Gibbon Brooks interviewed on BBC Radio 5 live Drive
- Piracy forces Volvo to rethink. Yachting World, 18 August 2011
- “Hats off to the U.S. Navy because that is very, very impressive.” Time Magazine, 14 April 2011
- Attempted hijacking of super yacht. The Yacht Report 01 March 2011
- US forces storm captured yacht after pirates kills four hostage, The Independent 23 Feb 2011 – no longer available
- Four American hostages ‘killed by pirates’, The Independent 22 February 2011
- Risky raid saves entire crew from pirates. The Press, 22 January 2011
2010
- Somali pirates hijack ship off Tanzania, BBC News, 29 September 2010
- Russian forces storm oil tanker, 1 pirate killed. Bloomberg Business Week, 06 May 2010
- BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine show – 19th April 2010 – no longer available
- Associated Press – 7th April 2010 – no longer available
- South Korean warship catches up with hijacked oil tanker
- S. Korean navy pursuing hijacked tanker
2009
- Admiral: Sea too large to stop all pirate attacks. ABC News International. 01 December 2009 - no longer available
- What now for sailing in the Gulf?, CNN, 01 December 2009
- Various theories on missing Russian-manned cargo ship. CCTV.com, 14 August 2009
- Missing Russian ship reportedly spotted, Spiegel International, 14 August 2009
- Russian navy searching Atlantic for missing cargo ship Arctic Sea. Daily News, 13 August 2009 - no longer available
- Channel pirates ‘Likely to be crime gangs’. Sky News, 12 August 2009
- Chasing the Somali piracy money trail. BBC News, 24 May 2009
- Battling Somali pirates: Maritime businesses weigh in. The Christian Science Monitor, 15 April 2009
- Maersk Alabama crew demands release of captain after arrival in Kenya. Daily News, 13 April 2009 – no longer available
- Shippers face higher premiums as pirates run amok in the Gulf of Aden. The Cape Breton Post, 12 April 2009
- New Somali bid to free US captain. BBC News, 12 April 2009
- Somali pirate ambition undeterred by navy patrols
- Pirates seize 20 Americans on board US ship in Indian Ocean. The Times, 8 April 2009 – no longer available
- The weather, not the warships, kept Somali pirates at bay. The Guardian, 8 April 2009
- Somali pirates update: U.S. captain attempts escape by jumping overboard. National Geographic, 7 April 2009
- Somali pirates on hijacking spree, seize 5 ships. Huffington Post, 7 April 2009
- Pirate hijack two tankers within 24 hours off Somali shore. Fox News, 26 March 2009
- Flush Somali pirates give back ship. The Star (Canada), 6 February 2009
- Pirates body washed ashore along with ransom, The Independent 12 January 2009 - no longer available
- Pirate washed ashore with ransom, 12 January 2009
2008
- Pirates hijack oil tanker in brazen attack. CBS News, 17 November 2008
- Going after sea bandits. Gulf News, 27 November 2008
- ‘Money plizz’, says Somali Cap’n Jack Sparrow. The Times, 23 November 2008 – no longer available
- Round the world racers to go on pirate alert. CNN, 20 November 2008
- Océan Indien: les voiliers de la Volvo Race mis en garde contre les pirates. AFP, 19 novembre 2008
- Navies consider their response to hijacking of Sirius Star off Somalia. The Daily Telegraph, 19 November 2008
- Piracy on the high seas. Al-Jazeera, 18 November 2008
- Le ‘Sirius Star’ jette l’ancre. BBC Africa Service, 18 November 2008
- Into the unknown, many challenges ahead for Leg 2. Sail World, 18 November 2008
- As-Safir 20 November 08
