Pirates have actually launched 6 Russian seafarers abducted from the containership MSC Mandy throughout a strike off the coastline of Benin previously this month.

Russia’s TASS information firm records their launch has actually been verified by the Russian consular office in Nigeria.

The Panamanian- flagged MSC Mandy with 24 team participants onboard came under fire by armed pirates on January 2, 2019 as it was in progress around 55 maritime miles southern of Cotonou,Benin Following the assault, 6 team participants consisting of the captain were reported missing out on. The staying team cruised the ship to a secure port.

Russia later on verified that all 6 seafarers abducted with Russian nationals.

“We confirm that the Russian sailors have been released. They are alive and well,” a representative for the Russian Embassy in Nigeria informed TASS. “The question of sending them back home is being decided.”

According to information from the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre, the Gulf of Guinea saw a rise in pirate assaults in 2018. During the year, the IMB tape-recorded 6 hijackings, 13 ships bombarded, 130 captives taken, 78 seafarers abducted for ransom money, making the area among one of the most hazardous put on planet for ships and also staffs.

Due to the concern, delivery organization BIMCO has actually asked for worldwide marine activity to aid battle piracy in the area– something we have not seen because the scourge of piracy in Horn of Africa area greater than a years back.