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Sailors of seized ship 'safe'
Sun, Dec 12th, 2010 9:46 pm
Chittagong, Dec 12 (bdnews24.com)The owner of the hijacked ship says Pirates have contacted them from Somalia and that all 25 Bangladeshi seamen on board are safe.
Mohammed Shahjahan, chairman of Brave Royal Shipping Management Limited that owns the ship, MV Jahan Moni, told a media briefing on Sunday that the pirates put him through to the captain, chief engineer and his wife on telephone. They talked twice, at 2:30pm and at 7pm, he said.
The Somali pirates hijacked the ship from the Arabian Sea off the coast of Cochin around 3:45pm on Dec 5 and took it to Garad village in Somalia's coast around 1:30am on Saturday. Twenty-five Bangladeshi sailors and the wife of one sailor were on board.
Marine superintendent of the company Captain Mohammad Golam Mostafa said: "Its position was unchanged until Sunday noon.
It was carrying 43,150 tonnes of nickel and was scheduled to go to Greece from Indonesia via Suez Canal.
Foreign minister Dipu Moni and shipping minister Shajahan Khan on Dec 7 said the government started negotiations with the Somali pirates to free the ship and its sailors.
"We'll have to wait until the ship reaches the shore," Moni had said.
Sailors of seized ship 'safe'
Sun, Dec 12th, 2010 9:46 pm
Chittagong, Dec 12 (bdnews24.com)The owner of the hijacked ship says Pirates have contacted them from Somalia and that all 25 Bangladeshi seamen on board are safe.
Mohammed Shahjahan, chairman of Brave Royal Shipping Management Limited that owns the ship, MV Jahan Moni, told a media briefing on Sunday that the pirates put him through to the captain, chief engineer and his wife on telephone. They talked twice, at 2:30pm and at 7pm, he said.
The Somali pirates hijacked the ship from the Arabian Sea off the coast of Cochin around 3:45pm on Dec 5 and took it to Garad village in Somalia's coast around 1:30am on Saturday. Twenty-five Bangladeshi sailors and the wife of one sailor were on board.
Marine superintendent of the company Captain Mohammad Golam Mostafa said: "Its position was unchanged until Sunday noon.
It was carrying 43,150 tonnes of nickel and was scheduled to go to Greece from Indonesia via Suez Canal.
Foreign minister Dipu Moni and shipping minister Shajahan Khan on Dec 7 said the government started negotiations with the Somali pirates to free the ship and its sailors.
"We'll have to wait until the ship reaches the shore," Moni had said.