MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Chinese-owned fishing vessel with 18 crew members aboard was hijacked last week off the northeastern coast of Somalia, local authorities said Friday. An official in ...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Chinese-owned fishing vessel hijacked off the Somali coast in November has been set free with its 18-member crew, the Chinese Embassy in Somalia said Monday.
Piracy off the coast of Somalia declined after peaking in 2011, but resumed at a faster pace in the past year.
The vessel that was hijacked, FV LIAO DONG YU 578, is part of a fleet of Chinese trawlers called Lia Dong Yu and operated by a Chinese company based in Danadong, China called the Liaoning Daping ...
The Liao Dong Yu was “liberated”, the European Union’s Atalanta naval force (EUNAVFOR) said in a social media post, citing ...