Freed the three marine ones of the Ace Twenty-one kidnapped in Nigeria

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has returned note the liberation of the three marine kidnapped Italians of the Ace Twenty-one 23rd December to the wide one of the coasts of Nigeria, while the tug headed to Port Harcourt. "Ours three I played hooky - the minister of the Foreign countries has confirmed, Giulio Terzi - they are free and they will speed up I re-enter in Italy". The Joined one of Crisis of the Farnesina has already informed the relatives and the shipowner, the Augusta Offshore society of the group Cafiero Mattioli.

"It is - it has emphasized Third party - a success of the men and the women of the Farnesina and all the civil employees of the involved structures of the State that with their tenacity and professionality they have returned the positive outcome of this difficult event possible". "I moreover wish to thank - it has continued the minister - the Nigerian authorities that in these weeks have always assured us the maximum collaboration".

The Shipping president of the Italian Confederation (Confitarma), Paolo d' Amico, has brightened himself for the liberation of the marine ones. "The year - it has said of Friend - could not begin with a better news. With great and sincere joy I am associated to the happiness of the families of the marine ones and Mario Mattioli, shipowner of the Asso21 and vice president of Confitarma, for the liberation of our compatriots, kidnapped from the pirates in Nigeria 23rd December".

"Such event, than has been concluded positively and in times breviums also thanks to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - it has added of Friend - it is the umpteenth example of a truly difficult situation that every day our ships and our crews must face in the seas infested from the pirates". "From months - it has emphasized the president of Confitarma - we have drawn the attention on the fact that, unfortunately, piracy is present also in various zones of sea from the Indian Ocean, and that recently a worrisome is recorded recrudescence of the phenomenon. The auspice is that our institutions understand that it is important not to wind down the guard because the strategies of defense against the pirates are "conditio sine qua non" in order to allow with our ships to continue to operate. , Without protections by now adapted, it is almost impossible to find crews disposed to navigate in the areas to risk".

"We attend therefore - it has concluded of Friend - that comes as soon as possible completed and been profitable operating the norm for the boarding of the armed guards on board of the ships of Italian flag when the Military Nuclei of Protection are not available and that it is extended also in geographic zones now not decks, like note the marine areas to the wide one of Nigeria".