A products tanker controlled by an affiliate of Peter Georgiopoulos’ Aegean Marine has been released by gunmen following a three-day ordeal off West Africa.

The Aegean Star.
Aegean Bunkering Services says the master of the 11,500-dwt Aegean Star (built 1980) took command Monday after pirates abandoned the ship at a position some five miles from shore, approximately 35 miles West of Lagos.

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