Tug boat Svitzer Korsakov released after Ransom Payment

Somali pirates released the Svitzer Korsakov, Danish-owned tugboat. The tug was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden on February 1, 2008 and held for ransom for more than a month. According to Ahmed Said Aw-Nur, Puntland’s isheries and ports minister, the tug and its crew was freed after the Danish owner paid $700,000 ransom. According [...]

Pirates sized tug boat Svitzer Korsakov in the Gulf of Aden

The Russian tug boat Svitzer Korsakov signaled the pirate attack on February 1, 2008 at 1:17 pm from the Gulf of Aden. The Svitzer Korsakov, sailing under the flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, was on her way to the Russian Far Eastern Island of Sakhalin through Singapore [...]