{"id":5710,"date":"2012-04-24T21:35:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T21:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/?p=5710"},"modified":"2012-04-24T22:36:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-24T22:36:25","slug":"somali-pirates-free-italian-chemical-tanker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/2012\/04\/somali-pirates-free-italian-chemical-tanker\/","title":{"rendered":"Somali pirates free Italian chemical tanker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/220px-Flag_of_the_Italian_Republic_1802_svg1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5714\" title=\"220px-Flag_of_the_Italian_Republic_(1802)_svg\" src=\"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/220px-Flag_of_the_Italian_Republic_1802_svg1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/220px-Flag_of_the_Italian_Republic_1802_svg1.png 220w, https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/220px-Flag_of_the_Italian_Republic_1802_svg1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Published On: Tuesday, April, 24 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Somali pirates have released an Italian chemical tanker captured off the coast of Oman in December with 18 crew members, Italian <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Foreign ministry said on Monday.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><ins>The vessel, Enrico Ievoli, owned by a Naples-based shipping company Marnavi, was carrying caustic soda from the United Arab Emirates to the\u00a0 Mediterranean when it was hijacked by Somali pirates.<\/ins><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><ins>Seven Indians, six Italians and five Ukrainians on were board\u00a0 when the pirates seized the tanker last December.<\/ins><\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><ins>Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi was quoted as expressing his \u201cgreat satisfaction\u201d and said it was part of \u201ca wider diplomatic effort carried out also with Somali authorities in recent months.\u201d<\/ins><\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><ins>Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in February asked his Somali counterpart Abdiweli\u00a0 Mohamed Ali to do \u201ceverything in his power\u201d to ensure the release.<\/ins><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><ins>Terzi was on Monday quoted as saying \u201cThis incident is further confirmation of the gravity of the security threat posed by the phenomenon of piracy\u201d.<\/ins><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><ins>Ship owner Domenico Ievoli said \u201cthe ship has already left Somalia and there are Italian military on board,\u201d according to ANSA news agency.<\/ins><\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><ins>Earlier, three other hijacked Italian vessels were freed from Somali pirates in November and December, two of them reportedly following ransom payments.<\/ins><\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><ins>The Savina Caylyn, an oil tanker with five Italians and 17 Indians on board, was freed on December 21 after more than 10 months in captivity.<\/ins><\/span><\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><ins>The foreign ministry denied the government had paid ransom and said the liberation was the result of \u201cconstant pressure\u201d on Somali authorities<\/ins><\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published On: Tuesday, April, 24 2012 Somali pirates have released an Italian chemical tanker captured off the coast of Oman in December with 18 crew members, Italian Foreign ministry said on Monday. The vessel, Enrico Ievoli, owned by a Naples-based shipping company Marnavi, was carrying caustic soda from the United Arab Emirates to the\u00a0 Mediterranean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-5710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-ogeysiiska-iyo-iidhehyada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5710"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5710\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5712,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5710\/revisions\/5712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warsom.com\/wararka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}