Thursday, April 21, 2011

Horn of Africa, pirates seize ship aboard six Italians: "They're all good"

They're all good people of the 21 crew of the Italian ship "Rosalia D'Amato, attacked and seized by pirates while sailing in the Arabian Sea, about 320 miles south of Oman and 300 east of the island of Socotra. The ship, the Brazil match, has also on board six Italians. "I was able to get news about three-quarters of an hour talking with the commander Orazio Lanza.

I was told that they were all good then the call was cut short, "said the captain Carlo Miccio, the" Perseverenza Navigation, which owns the ship "Rosalia D'Amato seized by pirates in the night. "We have already made contact with the families of the crew, consisting of 21 persons including 6 Italian (four are two of Sicily and Campania)," added the commander Miccio.

"Immediately after the interruption of communications with the commander Lanza - said Miccio - I have been in touch with the Foreign Ministry and the Coordinating Center of Rome." The pirates, who attacked the ship around 4 am (Italian time) with two small boats, are currently on board the Italian ship that was headed to Iran.

The ship is the owner company of Naples "Brothers D'Amato, the same owner of the tanker Caylyn Savina, also fall into the hands of pirates. This ship, a behemoth with 105,000 tonnes, with 21 people aboard, five Italians and 17 Indians, was attacked and kidnapped on February 8 when he was in the Indian Ocean.

The "Rosalia D'Amato" is constantly monitored and followed at a distance from the Turkish military vessel "Giresun" part of the international coalition committed to the mission, "Atlanta" against piracy. The alarm was triggered at 4.15 through a pulse sent with the "SAS" installed on board the ship.

The collision occurred about 320 miles off the coast of Oman but was in Yemeni waters. The control board's "Rosalia D'Amato has confirmed that this was an attack by pirates, about twenty, divided into two small boats fast. The "bulk carrier" Rosalia D'Amato "Perseverance of navigation, based in Naples, in Piazza Municipio, was built in 2001 in the Chinese shipyards Hudonag.

She has a tonnage of 74,500 tons and a maximum speed of 14 knots.

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