MV Feisty Gas was a Hong Kong liquefied petroleum gas tanker that was seized by Somalian pirates in 2005. The Hong Kong-based company that owned the vessel paid $315,000 to a representative of the Somali pirates in Mombasa, Kenya.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pirates: Somalia needs help". News 24 (South Africa). 2005-10-22. Archived from the original on 2008-09-30. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
  2. ↑ "[TIMELINE] Piracy in the Gulf of Aden". Alarabiya News. December 3, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  3. ↑ "What happened to Somalia's pirates?". The Economist. May 20, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ Peter Cook; Terry McKnight. "The Decline of Maritime Piracy in the Horn of Africa". Jewish Policy Center. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
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