According to a report by
Reuters, the
Amver participating bulker Montecristo was recently pirated Monday morning approximately 600 miles off the Somali coast. U.S. and British Royal Navy forces raced to the scene and freed the 23 crew members and arrested the 11 pirates. The
Maltese flagged Montecristo, owned by
Ocean Freight, Inc. enrolled in the Amver system in 2005 and was on a voyage from England to Vietnam with a cargo of scrap iron.
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