Tag: pirates release vessel

EU Naval Force in Somalia and OBP finally confirmed that the fuel tanker Aris 13 and its crew are safe and on their way to safe port after the armed pirates departed the ship.

ISWAN welcomes the news of the jailing of Somali pirate kingpin Mohamed Abdi Hassan in Belgium for 20 years for the hijacking of the Pompei, a Belgian flagged ship captured by pirates in April 2009. Two other Somali pirates are in jail in connection with the abduction of same ship, sentenced to nine and ten years.

The Safmarine Kuramo, a Singapore-registered container vessel, has been released after it was hijacked off the Nigerian Coast.

OBP informs that on August 27, 2015, the Jaber, an Iranian fishing dhow, and its crew members, managed to slip its mooring and escape from the hands of Somali pirates.

Hijacked Malaysian tanker Orkim Harmony released

UN officials welcome release by Somali pirates of longest-held hostages

Release of MV Aspalt Venture Seafarers Welcomed by M

Hostages held by Somali pirates released

MPHRP South Asia organised counselling and reassurance sessions for the two Sri Lankan seafarers returned from the captivity of Somali pirates after nearly 4 years

Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP) welcomes the release of the 11 remaining hostages of the MV Albedo