Thorco Attraction
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The Thorco Attraction , formerly Beluga Nomination , is a multi-purpose heavy lift carrier sailing under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda . Shipowner is the MS Dutch Neele Shipping, bereedert is the ship of the Marship management team based in Haren .
kidnapping
On January 22, 2011, the Beluga Nomination was attacked and captured by Somali pirates about 800 nautical miles north of the Seychelles on its way from Malta to the South Korean port of Masan with a cargo consisting of a dozen luxury yachts and speedboats .
The Polish captain and his crew (two Ukrainians , two Russians and seven Filipinos ) had, as provided by the emergence of pirates in such cases, fled to the safety of the ship and had dropped by radio calls for help. However, the pirates managed to weld the security room and take control of the ship within two days. After the emergency call made on January 22, 2011 at 1:38 p.m. (CET), there was initially no military aid. At the time of the capture, the next available warship of the EU mission, Operation Atalanta, was entrusted with escorting a cargo ship from the World Food Program . The frigate Hamburg was in Djibouti in port for follow-up supplies. A Seychelles Coast Guard reconnaissance aircraft flew over the ship and spotted at least four pirates on deck. A Seychelles Coast Guard patrol boat followed the Beluga nomination .
On January 26, 2011, the Danish command and support ship HDMS Esbern Snare reached the Beluga nomination . The Seychelles patrol boat and the Danish frigate opened fire on the pirates. They killed one or two of the pirates. The pirates then shot the boatswain and another member of the cargo ship's crew , apparently in retaliation for the unsuccessful rescue attempt.
The second officer managed to escape into the free-fall lifeboat at the stern of the freighter. Two other crew members jumped overboard while the ship was in chaos. The second mate later pulled one out of the water, the other crew member, the chief engineer, drowned. After the unsuccessful liberation operation, the Bremen-based Beluga shipping company raised serious allegations against NATO, the EU and the Seychelles, which they accused of being unprofessional and uncoordinated.
On January 27, 2011 the machines of the Beluga Nomination stopped , probably because of a machine failure. A few hours later, a pirate mother ship came to the rescue, the gas tanker York , which was hijacked on October 23, 2010, and more pirates went on board. Both ships were heading for Somalia. On the afternoon of January 28, 2011, the crew of the HDMS Esbern Snare , with the help of maritime patrols from the USA and Spain, located the Beluga Nomination's lifeboat about 300 nautical miles from the Somali coast and hid the two escaped sailors. The two rescued, a Ukrainian and a Filipino, were cared for on board the Danish frigate.
After reaching the Somali coast on January 29, 2011, the pirates allowed the captain to call the shipping company of the ship. After the ship and crew had been detained for several months, the ship was released in mid-April 2011. The shipping company did not comment on the question of paying a ransom.
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Footnotes
- ↑ a b Johannes Ritter: The pirates shot the boatswain. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . February 2, 2011 (accessed February 2, 2011).
- ↑ For four days in pirate hands. In: Die Welt January 28, 2011 (accessed February 2, 2011).
- ↑ a b Seven sailors still held Somali pirates ( Memento June 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Neptune Maritime Security February 1, 2011 (accessed February 2, 2011).
- ↑ MV BELUGA NOMINATION pirated in the Indian Ocean ( Memento from January 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) EU NAVFOR Public Affairs Office.
- ↑ Werner Zeppenfeld: Pirates hijack ship in the Indian Ocean: crew waited in vain for navy. In: tagesschau.de. January 27, 2011, archived from the original on January 29, 2011 ; Retrieved February 5, 2011 .
- ↑ Michael Meyer: Pirates hijack Beluga freighters again ( Memento from January 28, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: THB Deutsche Schiffahrts-Zeitung. January 26, 2011, DVV Media Group GmbH.
- ↑ Krischan Förster: Fatal shots on a captured ship. In: Weser Courier. January 30, 2011, accessed January 30, 2011 .
- ↑ Werner Zeppenfeld: Abduction of the "Beluga Nomination": Three dead sailors on a German freighter. In: tagesschau.de. February 5, 2011, archived from the original on February 6, 2011 ; Retrieved February 5, 2011 .
- ↑ a b Krischan Förster: Dead and missing on hijacked freighter. In: Weser Courier. January 29, 2011, accessed January 29, 2011 .
- ↑ NATO Warship Rescues 2 Seamen after Pirate Attack NATO Allied Command Operations (ACO) January 29, 2011 (accessed January 29, 2011).
- ↑ Deadly firefight for captured "Beluga Nomination". In: Spiegel Online January 29, 2011 (accessed January 29, 2011).
- ↑ Pirates kidnapped "Beluga Nomination" free ( Memento from April 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at tagesschau.de, April 13, 2011 (accessed on April 13, 2011).
- ↑ The “Beluga Nomination” is free again ( memento from April 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at radiobremen.de, April 13, 2011 (accessed on April 13, 2011).