Posts tagged: Maersk Alabama
Maersk Alabama – existing policies may not have responded to cover ransom
15 April 2009
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Tagged: General Average, Gulf of Aden, Hull and Machinery, kidnap & ransom, Maersk Alabama, P&I, piracy
The Maersk Alabama made the news for many reasons after it was attacked by pirates recently, not least because it was the first American-flagged vessel to be hijacked in the Gulf of Aden. The crew was able to recapture their vessel, but the captain was taken as sole hostage on a lifeboat at sea. Uniquely, there [...]
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