Albedo (ship)
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The Albedo was a container ship sailing under the flag of Malaysia . It was hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean in November 2010 and sank off the Somali coast in early July 2013 .
history
The ship was built under the hull number 372 at the MTW shipyard in Wismar under the name Universal Bahana for the Indonesian shipping company Bahana Utama Line. The keel was laid on January 23rd, the launch on November 20th, 1992. The delivery took place on March 3, 1993.
The Universal Bahana was the second of two identical ships built at the MTW shipyard, both of which went to the Bahana Utama Line. The ship's design came from the Sietas shipyard in Hamburg-Neuenfelde , where three almost identical ships were built in 1990. Sietas delivered another three units in 1994. The six units manufactured by Sietas are called Sietas Type 146 . In contrast to the two ships built in Wismar, they were each equipped with two loading cranes .
The ship was resold several times from 1996, whereby its name changed several times. Most recently it was used as an albedo for a Malaysian shipping company.
kidnapping
On the morning of November 26, 2010, the ship was captured by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean about 900 nautical miles east of Mogadishu . On board the ship, which was traveling with containers from Jabal Ali to Mombasa , were 23 seafarers from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Iran. Other sources also speak of two Indian sailors on board the ship.
The pirates asked for US $ 10 million to release the ship. Another source mentions a ransom of $ 8 million.
Since the ransom could not be raised by the shipping company, US $ 2.85 million was finally demanded for the release of the seamen. Seven Pakistani seafarers were set free in early August 2012 on payment of a ransom of US $ 1.2 million. One seaman was killed while being held hostage. He is said to have died of cholera or was shot by the pirates shortly after the ship was hijacked.
The ship sank in heavy seas on July 6 or 7, 2013. The wreck of the ship lies in the shallow water off the Somali coast, parts of the deckhouse and the mast on the bow still protrude from the water. The fate of the 15 sailors left on board is unclear. Four sailors and seven pirates are said to have died when the ship went down, and 13 other men were missing, according to a spokesman for the pirates.
Two of the ship's empty lifeboats were later washed up around 14 nautical miles north of the sinking site on the Somali coast. The Albedo was considered to be the last larger ship that was still in the hands of Somali pirates.
After years of negotiations, the last remaining eleven hostages were released on June 6, 2014 by the Somali pirates against payment of a ransom of around US $ 1 million. Together with employees of an international aid organization, all of the hostages were able to return to their homeland via Kenya. All hostages reported ill-treatment and torture by the pirates.
Technical data and equipment
The ship was propelled by a six - cylinder four - stroke diesel engine from the manufacturer Krupp Mak Maschinenbau (type: 6 M 601 C) with an output of 6,600 kW . The engine worked on a controllable pitch propeller . The ship thus reached a speed of 17 knots . In the bow of the ship was a transverse thruster control system with an output of 600 kW.
A shaft generator with an apparent power of 1,250 kVA and three diesel generators with 385 kVA each were available for the power supply. An emergency generator with an apparent power of 300 kVA was also installed.
The ship's container capacity was 1,066 TEU . With homogeneous loading with 14 ton containers, the capacity was still 755 TEU. The bulk goods room was described with 20,462 m³, the ball room with 19,831 m³.
The deckhouse was at the very rear in the stern area of the ship.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pirating of MV Albedo in the Somali Basin , Communication from EU Navfor Somalia , November 29, 2010. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ a b Somali pirates demand $ 8mn for MV Albedo , The News International, September 28, 2011. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ^ Fareed Rahman: Pirates may settle for expenses to free ship , The National, March 28, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ Ramola Talwar Badam: Hostage talks in Dubai with pirates' tribal elders , The National, June 13, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ^ A b Jamil Khan: Hopes soar for ship crew , The Gulf Today, March 29, 2012. In: Maritime Securitry Review. Retrieved March 10, 2017.
- ↑ a b c d Sunk in pirate hands after 31 months , THB - Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung , July 11, 2013.
- ↑ Liz McMahon: Albedo sinks after two and a half years held captive by pirates , Lloyd's List, July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ Ramona Talwar Badam: Trigger-happy pirates 'found it easy to kill' , The National, August 5, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ Tom Leander: Lifeboats spotted 14 miles from sunken Albedo , Lloyd's List, July 11, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ a b At least 11 dead as ship held by pirates sinks off Somalia , Reuters, July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ Update - MV Albedo Sinks In Rough Seas After Being Held By Somali Pirates For Over Two And A Half Years , Communication from EU Navfor Somalia, July 9, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ Update - MV Albedo Lifeboats Sighted On Somali Beach , Communication from EU Navfor Somalia, July 10, 2013. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- ↑ Colin Freeman: Somali pirates release crew after nearly four years in captivity , The Telegraph, June 7, 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
- ^ Albedo , Containership Info. Retrieved July 12, 2013.