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Pirates accept cut-price deal for tug hostages

by Lloyd's List DCN — last modified Jun 09, 2009 02:13 PM

RELATIVES and friends of 11 Nigerian seafarers held captive by Somali pirates raised more than $150,000 to secure their release, after a Nigerian tug operator pleaded that it could not meet demands for $1m, according to a Somali community group in the US that acted as an intermediary.

David Osler - Monday 8 June 2009

Meanwhile, the Nigerian-owned but Panama-flag 1975-built, 1,101 gt Yenegoa Ocean, which was seized in August last year, has now arrived in Yemen under Dutch naval escort.

Omar Jamal, director...

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