Somali pirates released the Greek-owned oil tanker "Irene SL" late Thursday after 58 days in captivity, the vessel's manager said.
Somali pirates released the Greek-owned oil tanker "Irene SL"
late Thursday after 58 days in captivity, the vessel's manager said.
All of the ship's 25-member crew are safe. A spokesman for ENESEL SA, the
manager, declined to comment on how the vessel was returned or whether a ransom
was paid.
The supertanker was headed to the U.S. Gulf Coast from Mina Al Ahmadi,
Kuwait
,
carrying 270,000 metric tons of crude oil when it was attacked and seized in
early February off the coast of
Oman
.
The vessel owner, Greece-based N.S. Lemos & Co., plans to sail the ship to
Durban
,
South
Africa
, for inspection and resupply,
while also replacing the ship's officers and crew.
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