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Broken up 03.03.23 at Gadani

Puntland and Somaliland officials visited the crew members of the recently released

mt Jubba XX after it arrived Bosaso port at 13.30 (LT) on Thursday afternoon and before she left for Berbera in Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland. Somali pirates hijacked the United Arab Emirates-flagged oil product tanker early on july 16, 2011 as she made her way from UAE to the port of Berbera, but Puntland officials secured its release after local businessmen paid a $200.000 ransom, rather than the shipowner. more:http://www.somaliareport.com/index.php/post/1243/Crew_of_MT_Jubba_XX_Reported_Safe_but_Tired

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Emirates International Shipping, manager of the hijacked m/t Jubba XX, said July 28 2011 that vessel was released after negotiations involving Somali tribal elders and government officials in Puntland, no ransom was paid. Crew of 16 (1 Sri Lankan, 1 Sudanese, 1 Myanmar, 1 Kenyan, 4 Somalis, 3 Bangladeshi and 5 Indians) is unharmed, vessel now under way to Bosasso, ETA July 28, after a short stay in Bosasso vessel will resume original voyage with some 4000 mt of fuel oil, destined for Berbera. Pirates didn’t take ransom, but robbed crew and vessel flat, taking everything from money to vessel’s satellite phone and crew’s clothes, leaving them with just a Somali mobile phone. Owner of the vessel, Jubba General Trading Co., confirmed the release.