A Maersk group containership has been released shortly after it was hijacked off Nigeria.
Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said Saturday that all crew members on the 2,500-teu Samarine Kuramo (built 2005) were released and unharmed, according to various media reports.
The Singapore-flagged ship was travelling from Pointe Noire, Congo, to Port Onne, Nigeria, when it was hijacked on Friday.
</div><p ><br/>The vessel operates in Copenhagen-based Maersk’s Safmarine Container Lines subsidiary.</p><p >There are few details on the hijacking and the release although MPA indicated that intervention by Nigerian authorities helped free the vessel.</p><p >The Maersk Kuramo is currently at the port of Onne, according to tracking data from marinetraffic.com.</p><style >.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }</style><div class="embed-container" ><iframe allowfullscreen="yes" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/m-GSsjank6w?rel=0" width="560"/></div></field><tag identifier="tag:regions@tradewindsnews.com,2012:africa" relevance="1.0"/><tag identifier="tag:regions@tradewindsnews.com,2012:denmark" relevance="1.0"/><tag identifier="tag:newstopics@tradewindsnews.com,2012:piracy" relevance="1.0"/><tag identifier="tag:shiptypes@tradewindsnews.com,2012:container" relevance="1.0"/></content></escenic></div></div>
