UK-based charity Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme (MPHRP) has already provided assistance to the family of the eight Sri Lankan crew members immediately after the vessel was hijacked off the Horn of Africa on Monday last week.

The Aris 13 was released on Thursday last week with the help of the Puntland Maritime Police Force. The master of the vessel told combined anti-piracy navy force EU Navfor that none of his crew had been injured.

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