Somali pirates released Bangladeshi ship MV Jahan Moni along with its 26 crew on Monday morning, 99 days after hijacking the vessel from Arabian Sea on December 5, 2010. ‘The pirates left the vessel at about 10:00am Bangladesh time and it sailed for Salalah port of Oman at about 10:30am,’ said Meherul Karim, general manager ... Read more
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Heft ransom secures release of Jahan Moni, crew from Somali pirates
A hefty ransom secured the release of Bangladeshi cargo liner M V Jahan Moni from Somali pirates with the negotiations brokered by foreigners, shipping sources said Sunday. On December 5, the armed pirates had captured the ship with its 26 crew including the wife of the chief engineer, from the sea off the Indian port ... Read more
Jahan Moni hostages to be freed soon
Claim ship owners The 26 Bangladeshis held hostage aboard the hijacked ship MV Jahan Moni are set to be freed in three to four days. Meherul Karim, general manager of the operating company Brave Royal Ship Management, told this to The Daily Star, adding they had agreed to pay a ransom to Somali
MV Jahan Moni engr falls ill
Electrical Engineer Mohammad Sahabu Alam of hijacked Bangladeshi ship MV Jahan Moni, now suffering from high blood pressure and leg oedema, sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s initiative for their early rescue. Somali pirates allowed Sahabu to phone his wife Afroza Akhter residing in Chittagong’s Chawkbazar area yesterday, said Afroza
Crew members need water, food, medicine
Many of the crew in the hijacked Bangladeshi ship, MV Jahan Moni, are suffering from different diseases due to scarcity of water for drinking and other uses, food and medicine. Family members of at least 23 crewmen yesterday said this when they gathered at the office of SR Shipping Limited, the owning firm of the ... Read more