Tag: MV Albedo

  • MPHRP: Action won’t be diluted

    MPHRP instrumental in hostage release and welfare.  Hostage programme says partners will not dilute action Girija Shettar An industry gathering has pledged that support for hostages will not be diminished. […]

  • Albedo Survivors Helped by their Govt.

    Former MV Albedo hostages receiving financial help. Bangladeshi Albedo Survivors Helped by their Govt. By Joseph R. Fonseca Yesterday, 16th September 2014, Chirag Bahri, MPHRP’s Regional Director for South Asia, […]

  • Donations for ex-Albedo hostage

    Former MV Albedo hostage benefits from crew generosity. Ship Master Collects Donations for a Piracy Survivor By Joseph R. Fonseca An Indian Master, Capt Sukhvinder Bhamra, was sailing onboard the […]

  • Raiders of the High Seas

    Indian penal code needs to be updated to include piracy laws. Raiders of the High Seas Though several Indians are still being held hostage by pirates, India is yet to […]

  • Freed hostage recounts ordeal

    MV Albedo hostage talks about his time in captivity. Colleague shot dead, nails pulled out… freed sailor recounts ordeal OMAR RASHID From an early age, the glamour of the merchant […]

  • Albedo Crew and Families’ Aftercare

    MPHRP South Asia organised counselling and reassurance sessions. Albedo Crew and Families’ Aftercare in Sri Lanka MPHRP South Asia organised counselling and reassurance sessions for the two Sri Lankan seafarers […]

  • Seafarer charity helped Albedo escape

    UNODC and MPHRP worked together to free hostages. Seafarer charity helped Albedo escape A seafarer charity played a leading role in the successful escape of 11 seafarers held by Somali […]

  • Hostages tell of dramatic escape

    A group of sailors have described their dramatic midnight escape after four years held hostage ‘It was do or die’: Somali pirates’ hostages tell of dramatic escape DUBAI // A […]

  • OBP statement on MV Albedo

    OBP welcomes the release of the 11 remaining hostages OBP statement on release of  MV Albedo hostages Oceans Beyond Piracy (OBP) welcomes the release of the 11 remaining hostages of the […]

  • Release of seafarers welcomed

    MPHRP welcome the release and safe return of the remaining crew. MPHRP (The Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme) has welcomed the release and safe return of the remaining crew from the […]