MV Hansa Stavanger
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Hansa Stavanger |
| Operator: | Leonhardt & Blumberg Reederei |
| Port of registry: |
Monrovia,  Liberia |
| Builder: | Guangzhou Wenchong Shipyard, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China[1] |
| Yard number: | 271[1] |
| Laid down: | 18 July 1996[1] |
| Launched: | 9 March 1997[1] |
| Completed: | 29 September 1997[1] |
| In service: | 1997– |
| Identification: |
IMO number: 9128465 Call sign: A8UZ8[1] MMSI number: 636091967[2] |
| Status: | In service[2] |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type: | Container ship |
| Tonnage: | 15,988 GT 8,222 NT 20,526 DWT |
| Length: | 170.17 m (558 ft 4 in) |
| Beam: | 24.80 m (81 ft 4 in) |
| Draft: | 10.85 m (35 ft 7 in) |
| Depth: | 14.20 m (46 ft 7 in) |
| Ice class: | GL ice class E Finnish-Swedish ice class II |
| Installed power: | MAN-B&W 6S60MC (12,240 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Single shaft; fixed pitch propeller |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Capacity: | 1,270 TEU |
MV Hansa Stavanger is a German container ship, captured by Somali pirates on 4 April 2009.[3] Around May 1, 2009, the USS Boxer (LHD-4) and a screen of German Navy warships assisted approximately 200 members of the German special police unit GSG-9 in approaching the hijacked ship. During the last phase of the operation, James Jones, the U.S. President's security advisor, withheld final approval for the operation out of concern for the safety of the 25 sailors aboard the vessel. This led the German Department of Defense to abort the planned attack on the freighter and the GSG-9 unit returned to their base of operations at the airport of Mombassa, Kenya.[4]
Among the captured sailors held hostage were eleven Tuvaluans and one Fijian. A ransom of $US 15 million had been demanded. The government of Tuvalu indicated it was incapable of paying, and expressed great concern for its citizens.[5][6] In August 2009 the ship was released after a ransom of two million dollars was paid.
Literature
Kotiuk, Krzysztof (2010), Frohe Ostern Hansa Stavanger: 121 Tage in der Hand von Piraten (in German), Bielefeld: Delius Klasing, p. 219, ISBN 978-3-7688-3129-1
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Hansa Stavanger (90906)". Register online. Germanischer Lloyd. Retrieved 2012-10-08.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Hansa Stavanger (9128465)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2012-10-08. (registration required (help)).
- ↑ "Somali pirates seize more vessels". BBC News online. 2009-04-06. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- ↑ spiegel.de
- ↑ "Tuvalu left helpless by pirate kidnappings", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, June 2, 2009
- ↑ "Tuvalu Government requests for assistance", Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, May 27, 2009
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