Archive for Archive for September, 2009
Sailors in ‘high spirits’ after supertanker released!
The Saudi oil supertanker captured by Somali pirates has taken to sea, a minister said, after being released for a suspected multi-million-dollar ransom by its captors, six of whom drowned in the operation.
The owner of the Sirius Star, Vela International, confirmed the ship’s release and that all 25 crew had survived the two-month ordeal, but [...]