REUTERS - Somali pirates have released a fishing vessel and fuel oil tanker seized in March, a maritime official said on Tuesday.
"UBT Ocean and Sakoba are both free," Andrew Mwangura of the East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme told Reuters. The UBT Ocean, seized on March 5 was carrying fuel oil from the United Arab Emirates to Tanzania and had a crew of 21. The 9,000-dwt tanker is owned by Norwegian company Brovigtank.
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