MV Safmarine Asia
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Safmarine Asia |
| Port of registry: | Liberia |
| Ordered: | 1 September 1984 |
| Completed: | 1985, lengthened 1989 |
| Identification: | IMO number: 8413887 |
| Class overview | |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | container ship |
| Tonnage: | 21,887 |
| Length: | 190 meters |
| Beam: | 28 meters |
| Speed: | 17.8 knots |
| Notes: | Safmarine Asia, vesseltracker.com |
The MV Safmarine Asia is a ship 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]
[edit] References
- ^ "New wave of Somali pirate attacks". BBC. 14 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7997610.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
- ^ Otterman, Sharon; Mark McDonald (2009-04-15). "11 Pirates Seized in Raid by French Navy". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/16/world/africa/16somalia.html?hp. Retrieved 15 April 2009.
- ^ "Kenya 'will try Somali pirates". BBC. 2009-04-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8003031.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ^ "French Deliver 11 Piracy Suspects". BBC. 22 April 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8012339.stm. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
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