Based on the report, the boarding of the vessel by the special forces, which took place yesterday evening, was not opposed.
However, there has been no mention of the 8 crew members who didn’t make it to the citadel and who were reportedly held hostage by pirates on board.
As such it remains to be determined whether pirates managed to flee the ship and if they took the seafarers with them to demand ransom for their liberation.
To remind, a group of pirates boarded the ship on April 19, 2020 while the vessel was within the Cotonou anchorage area, West Africa.
This the second incident within the Cotonou anchorage within 2020 and the fifth incident in this location across a 12-month time frame.
海上安全公司Dryad Global最新消息稱，尼日利亞特種部隊已經登上了葡萄牙國旗的集裝箱船Tommi Ritscher，並營救了11名在海盜襲擊該船後逃往緊急避難艙的船員。
根據該報告，反對派特種部隊於昨天晚上登船，對此沒有反對。
但是，這裡尚未提及8名沒有逃往緊急避難艙的船員，據說他們被船上的海盜扣為人質。
因此，尚待確定海盜是否能夠逃離船隻和帶著海員要求贖金以放人質。
提醒一下，這群海盜於2020年4月19日登上該船，當時該船在西非Cotonou停泊處。
這是2020年Cotonou停泊處的第二起事故，也是該地點12個月內的第五起事故。
Imformation source: World Maritime News Staff , Image Courtesy: FleetMon
