Tag: Release

  • AdvanFort will pay prisoners

    AdvanFort spokesman Dave Yonkman responds to relatives of the company’s employees who have been in prison in India for the last two months AdvanFort will pay prisoners AdvanFort spokesman Dave Yonkman […]

  • MV Royal Grace released

    EU Naval Force flagship ESPS Méndez Núnez provided much-needed assistance to the crew of chemical tanker MV Royal Grace after the vessel was unexpectedly released. EU Naval Force Flagship ESPS […]

  • Crew of hijacked Ajman ship freed

    A Sri Lankan seaman on an Ajman-based ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates two years ago has been freed, according to his country’s government. Crew of Ajman ship hijacked […]

  • Ghana told to free Argentine Ship

    A UN court has ordered the release of an Argentine naval ship impounded by Ghana over a debt dispute. The UN International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, based […]

  • Pakistan to Release 15 Indian Fishermen

    Pakistan will free 15 Indian fishermen, who were arrested on charges of violating the country‘s maritime boundary,on Monday, officials said on Saturday. The fishermen, some of whom had completed their […]

  • Families of Kidnapped Sailors Plea

    The families of four South Korean sailors taken hostage by Somali pirates last year are pleading for help in securing their release. The sailors were among the crew of the […]

  • Liquid Velvet Released

    Seven months after a single skiff captured the Greek-owned tanker Liquid Velvet and its 21 crewmembers, the pirates and their investors have resolved their differences and negotiated the release of […]

  • Ransom Concert

    The desperate families of Bruno Pelizzari and his partner Debbie Calitz, kidnapped by pirates in Somalia, have organised a concert to raise funds to secure their release from the captors, […]

  • Paying for Lives

    The news of the release of Judith Tebbutt has brought the subject of the payment of ransoms back to the front pages of British newspapers. Somalian Piracy: the price of […]

  • Judith Tebbutt Freed

    A woman kidnapped from a remote beach resort in Kenya and held hostage in Somalia for more than six months is preparing to return home to Britain. Judith Tebbutt, 56, […]