MV Kota Wajar explained
-- commercial vessels -->| Ship Type: | Container ship | | Ship Length: | 184.5m (605.3feet) | | Ship Beam: | 27.5m (90.2feet) | | Ship Speed: | - 16.8lk=onNaNlk=on maximum
- 10.4lk=onNaNlk=on average
| | Ship Crew: | 21 |
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MV Kota Wajar is a 1997-built
container ship operated by
Pacific International Lines. On 15 October 2009, she was captured by
Somali pirates en route to
Mombasa.
[1] [3] After received a $4 million ransom, the pirates released the ship on 28 December 2009, she was then assisted with medical supplies and logistics by the Canadian frigate
HMCS Fredericton (FFH 337).
[1] [4] Notes and References
- Web site: PIL's Kota Wajar containership released by pirates . Seatrade-global.com . 2009-12-29 . 2014-06-26.
- Web site: KOTA WAJAR - Container ship: current position and details | IMO 9157399, MMSI 564379000, Callsign S6BT | Registered in Singapore - AIS Marine Traffic . Marinetraffic.com . 2014-06-26.
- News: Spending 72 days in the clutches of Somali pirates. Andaleeb. Rizvi. Daily Times. 7 January 2010. 26 June 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000726/http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/karachi/07-Jan-2010/spending-72-days-in-the-clutches-of-somali-pirates. 4 March 2016.
- Web site: m.v. Kota Wajar released . BIMCO . 2014-06-26 . dead . https://archive.today/20140626103457/https://www.bimco.org/News/2009/12/29_mv_Kota_Wajar_released.aspx . 2014-06-26 .
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