The pirates released the Japanese ship "Kemstar Vinus.

SyuzhetyPiratstvo Somali08.02.2009Piraty released off the coast of the Chinese fishing sudnoSomaliyskie the pirates released the Japanese freighter" Kemstar Vinus "(Chemstar Venus), captured them in mid-November 2008, 155 kilometers north of Aden Gulf transmits AFP.
Reported that the Japanese ship was released the evening of Thursday, February 12, but information about it appeared only in the morning on Friday, February 13. Crew "Kemstar Vinus" consisting of five South Korean nationals and 18 Filipinos, was not injured. Details on the release of cargo vessels under the flag of Panama, are not reported.
Earlier in February, pirates freed a Ukrainian vessel "Faina", the crew of which consisted of 21 persons (3 citizens of Russia, 17 Ukrainians and a citizen of Latvia). Pirates seized the "Faina" September 25, 2008 in the Indian Ocean and the vessel was released on Feb. 3, 2009.
February 8, the pirates released the Chinese fishing boat "Tian Yu 8" (Tianyu No 8), which like "Kemstar Vinus" criminals detained for nearly three months. The team of "Tien-Yu 8" is not affected. Recall that only the 2008 Pirates seized off the coast of Somalia more than 50 ships, part of which was released after the offenders had paid a ransom.
According to preliminary estimates at the beginning of 2008, a captive of the pirates are about 15 ships. Attacks by pirates on civilian vessels of various states have begun to thicken the spring of 2008. To combat the criminals the UN Security Council authorized the foreign military ships entering the waters of the coast of Somalia.