Sunday, January 4, 2009

Somali pirates released the Yemeni boat.

SyuzhetyPiratstvo off Somali01.01.2009Somaliyskie pirates seized the ship from pirates udobreniyamiSomaliyskie released without ransom Yemeni fishing vessel "Qana'a", said publication of the Maritime Bulletin - Sovfraht.
The vessel was seized along with others, "Falluja", 10 December. Both vessels were released ( "Falluja" - December 27, also without a buyout), after negotiations with the elders. For the captured ships were 22 people, seven seamen managed to escape from the pirates' boat.
According to the International Maritime Bureau, only to start the new year, Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden committed five robberies. January 1, attackers seized hostages in the Egyptian ship "Blue Star", carrying fertilizer, with 28 crew members. In four other cases the seamen managed to escape from prosecution of pirates.

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