MV Safmarine Asia
History | |
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Name: | Safmarine Asia |
Port of registry: | Liberia |
Ordered: | 1 September 1984 |
Completed: | 1985, lengthened 1989 |
Identification: | IMO number: 8413887 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | container ship |
Tonnage: | 21,887 |
Length: | 190 meters |
Beam: | 28 meters |
Speed: | 17.8 knots (33.0 km/h; 20.5 mph) |
Notes: | Safmarine Asia, vesseltracker.com |
The MV Safmarine Asia is a ship that was unsuccessfully attacked by Somali pirates 14 April 2009.[1] A French frigate, the Nivôse, responded to the vessel's distress call, and in the process, found and arrested 11 Somali pirates.[2] There are plans to try them for piracy in Kenya.[3] They were landed at Mombasa for trial in Kenya on 22 April 2009.[4]
References
- ↑ "New wave of Somali pirate attacks". BBC. 14 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ↑ Otterman, Sharon; Mark McDonald (2009-04-15). "11 Pirates Seized in Raid by French Navy". New York Times. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
- ↑ "Kenya 'will try Somali pirates". BBC. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ↑ "French Deliver 11 Piracy Suspects". BBC. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
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