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Al Mukallah, Yemen. Possible port for "Somali pirate" mothership re-supply. Closest port to the Gulf of Aden Pirate Zone. Most convenient place from which to launch attacks on the major shipping lane joining Asia and Southern Africa with Europe. Fast open boats attached to the motherships can dock here and easily blend in with the local fishermen. After re-supply, the mothership then moves out into the shipping lanes where the speedboats attack vessels, either for armed theft or to hold them for ransom. When ships are seized for ransom, the pirates usually take the vessel to the coast of Somalia near the pirate home ports of Eyl or Hobyo, where they are re-supplied with food and more pirates until the ransom money arrives in Somalia. Direct attacks on yachts by groups of fast open boats originating from this port are common.