The last shipping hostages have been freed by Somali pirates, marking an end to a decade of terror inflicted on the industry.

The trio were taken from an Iranian fishing vessel called Siraj in March 2015.

Since 2010, Somali gunmen have held more than 2,300 seafarers in captivity through abductions or hijackings, but successful attacks have tailed off to zero in recent years as world navies came together to combat the threat, together with armed guards on vessels.