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Offline Hannes van Rijn

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Somali pirates free tanker and crew
« on: March 15, 2013, 03:40:48 PM »
PIRATES were reported today to have freed the chemical tanker Royal Grace, more than a year after it was seized off Oman.

The UAE-owned, 6,813dwt ship and its 20 crew members were seized on 2 March last year, but on 8 March the ship was spotted on the high seas by EU NAVFOR flagship, the Spanish frigate Mendez Nunez, about 20nm off Somalia.

The warship received then a message from the master of Royal Grace confirming the ship was now free, said EU NAVFOR, which added that its boaring team was sent to provide food and water, and the crew members were given medical checks.


 

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