Middle East Economic Survey
VOL. LIII
No 19
10-May-2010
SOMALIA
Russian Tanker Freed By Warship From Somali Pirates
A Russian warship has successfully freed an oil tanker carrying 86,000 tons of crude oil that was captured by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, as it made its way from Sudan to China. The MV Moscow University, owned by Novorossiysk Shipping Company (Novoship), was attacked from two speed boats in the early hours of 5 May, approximately 350 nautical miles east of the Yemeni island of...
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