A Norwegian provide vessel has positioned and recovered the 19-foot boat belonging to 2 Florida teenagers who went lacking at sea final summer season.

The U.S. Coast Guard and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed the identification of the vessel this previous Saturday after it was positioned and recovered by the MV Edda Fjord on March 18 roughly about 100 miles off the coast of Bermuda.

A marine retailer sticker and the engine serial quantity helped establish the vessel as that of the boys. Personal gadgets discovered on board included plastic deal with packing containers and a cellular phone, which authorities hope will present clues into the boys’ disappearance.

The story gained nationwide headlines final summer season after the 2 teenagers, Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, each 14 years outdated, disappeared after shopping for $110 price of gas for his or her boat in Jupiter, Florida on July 24, 2015. The overturned vessel was discovered two days later about 67 nautical miles east of Ponce de Leon Inlet, Florida, and it’s believed that the 2 turned caught in sturdy squall that blew by the realm after the 2 would have got down to sea.

Due to the continued seek for the teenagers, the boat was by no means recovered or positioned once more.

One week after the teenagers went lacking, the Coast Guard suspended lively search after overlaying some 49,000 miles of ocean from Daytona, Florida to Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.

“On behalf of Perry’s entire family we would like to thank the Captain of the Norwegian Ship Edda Fjord and his crew of 16 for all your efforts in recovering and salvaging the Vessel in which our son and his dear friend disappeared on,” stated Pamela Cohen and Nick Korniloff in a press release posted over the weekend to the Perry J. Cohen Foundation‘s fb web page. “We sincerely appreciate the generosity of you and your company Edda Accommodation in financing the shipment of the vessel and private belongings back to the United States. The actions of yourself, crew and company will hopefully provide more details for us with the hopes of finding out what exactly happened to our son and his friend.”

“I am proud of the crew for doing everything correct according to their maritime duty by investigating the floating object,” commented Johan Rokstad, CEO of Edda Accommodation. “Not only did they remove a hazard to other vessels, but in this case they also found something of great value to these teenagers’ families. Our heart goes out to the families and we hope they find some closure in these findings.”

The FWC, U. S. Coast Guard and the households are working with Edda Accommodation, to rearrange for the return of the boat and the non-public results that have been aboard.