Pirates free Danish ship held for 2 months
Written by admin on January 16, 2009 – 3:52 pm
Somali pirates have released a Danish cargo ship and its mainly Russian crew after a ransom payment was parachuted to the hijackers, more than two months after it was seized, the owner said Friday.
The CEC Future was hijacked off Somalia’s northern shores on Nov. 7.
The ship and its 13 crew members — 11 Russians, one Georgian and one Estonian — were released unharmed Friday after the ransom was dropped by parachute earlier this week, said Per Gullestrup, a top executive of Danish shipowner Clipper Group.
source: Associated Press
