Pirates?!?!?!?

Pirates holding a Saudi-owned oil supertanker off the coast of Somalia have set the vessel free after receiving a ransom payment today. The supertanker VLCC(very large crude carrier) Sirius Star is on its way to safety and all 23 crew members are safe and healthy. The pirates seized the supertanker on November 15 the tanker was carrying about 2 million barrels of crude oil about $100 million. The pirates were suppose to release the supertanker after receiving the ransom payment on Friday, but four pirates drowned after their skiff capsized in rough seas while they were leaving the Sirius Star, some of the $3 million ransom was lost in the skiff collapse.



McKenzie, David (1/10/09). Somali pirates free tanker after ransom. Retrieved January 10, 2009, from cnn.com/world Web site: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/10/pirates.tanker/index.html?iref=mpstoryview#cnnSTCText