MV Motivator released from pirate control
The Product Tanker MV MOTIVATOR was released from pirate control earlier this week, EU NAVFOR reported.
The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel, which was pirated on in the Southern Red Sea on 4 July and has a crew of 18 Filipino nationals, was released on the 16 January approximately 160 nautical miles South- West of the island of Socotra near to the coast of Somalia. The EUNAVFOR warship FS JACOUBET and the helicopter TORO06 from SPS CANARIAS assisted the crew immediately after their release.
The Marshall Islands-flagged vessel, which was pirated on in the Southern Red Sea on 4 July and has a crew of 18 Filipino nationals, was released on the 16 January approximately 160 nautical miles South- West of the island of Socotra near to the coast of Somalia. The EUNAVFOR warship FS JACOUBET and the helicopter TORO06 from SPS CANARIAS assisted the crew immediately after their release.