Iran releases MSC Aries crew
Iran has released all the crew of the MSC Aries, a 15,000 teu box ship abducted by Iranian special forces last month.
Speaking to the Estonian foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian stated that the seized ship had turned off its transponders in the territorial waters of Iran and jeopardised “the security of navigation”.
The Israeli-linked ship remains anchored near three other vessels hijacked by Iranian special forces.
An NYK-operated car carrier, the Galaxy Leader, remains in Yemeni waters, having been hijacked six months ago by the Houthis, while off the Horn of Africa, Somali pirates have resumed their ransom tactics, abducting two ships in recent months.