Has Somali piracy crisis returned? 'Yes and no', says maritime veteran
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By Mike Wackett
After 1,288 days in captivity 11 crew members from the hijacked 1,066teu Albedo have finally been released.
On November 26 2010 the Malaysia-flagged ship was in transit to Mombasa from Jebel Ali when it was seized by Somali-based pirates and the ship and its 23 crew held to ransom.
Negotiations between the Somali pirate war lords and owners of the ship failed. However, a deal was done to enable seven Pakistani seafarers to be released, but the remainder of the crew were ...
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