Humanitarian agencies are now focusing their efforts on securing the freedom of 38 seafarers still being held captive in Somalia following last week’s dramatic release of 11 crew members who worked on the 1,066-teu containership Albedo (built 1993).
Seven Indian seafarers from the 3,900-dwt tanker Asphalt Venture (built 1991) and 31 from the fishing vessels Prantalay and Naham 3 are still being held by pirate groups.
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