The pirates have released the Savina Caylyn oil tanker and the 22 marine ones of the crew



The Savina Caylyn oil tanker, seized from the pirates eleven months ago in the Indian Ocean ( of 8 February 2011), it is freed today with its 22 members of the crew, of which 17 Indians and five Italians. In a note the Mario Monti, Prime Minister, has expressed "its more weever satisfaction for the release of the crew and the Italian ship Savina Caylyn, seized 8 February 2011 from a group of pirates somalis. President Monti - the note continues - feels a lot near the five played hooky Italian released, and to their families, for the hard test that have had to put up with in these long months of wait".

According to "Somalia Report", publication of the journalist and correspondent of Robert Young Pelton war that cites sources near the pirates, the Italian oil tanker would be released as a result of the payment of a ransom of 11,5 million dollars. The figure would be paid in two phases: a first sum of 8,5 million dollars would be dropped on the ship from a helicopter in the first hours of this morning, while the remaining three million dollars would be deposited on the ship to the hours hours 12,30 premises. Passed an average hour and the ship it would be released by the pirates. Such sequence of events is confirmed by the pirates also to the Reuters news agency.

"Somalia Report" has explained that the atypical payment of the ransom in two tranche is consequence of the precedence refusals by the pirates to release hostages of Indiana nationality, also successively to the payment of the ransom, practical - it has remembered the publication - that is begun 15th April when the pirates who have seized the Asphalt Venture ship are refused to free eight marine Indians of the crew with the attempt to use them in order to exchange them with pirates captured from Marina Militare Indiana. That of the delivery of the ransoms in two phases - it has explained the source to "Somalia Report" - is a tactics used from the shipowner in order to make sure that the marine Indians are released: after to have dropped the first package with the money from the helicopter in fact the liberation is asked for the 17 marine Indians of Savina Caylyn and, after the delivery of according to package, they are released is the five Italians who the ship.

The Italian ship is of property of the shipowning society Italian Dolphin Tanker Srl, joint venture joint of genoese Scerni and the Neapolitan society D'Amato Siblings.