Three Nigerian crew abducted in Nigeria on April 8 have been released a month later, says Bourbon Offshore owners of the supply in which they were kidnapped.
The French offshore marine company, BOURBON, in a short statement confirms that the three Nigerian crew members, abducted on board the Surfer 1440, part of Bourbon Offshore’s Surfer-series crew boats, off the coast of Nigeria on April 8, 2015, have been released. They are in good health and arrived at Port Harcourt in Nigeria on May 8, 2015. No details relating to whether a ransom was paid were made known.
Three Nigerian crew abducted in Nigeria on April 8 have been released a month later, says Bourbon Offshore owners of the supply in which they were kidnapped.
The French offshore marine company, BOURBON, in a short statement confirms that the three Nigerian crew members, abducted on board the Surfer 1440, part of Bourbon Offshore’s Surfer-series crew boats, off the coast of Nigeria on April 8, 2015, have been released. They are in good health and arrived at Port Harcourt in Nigeria on May 8, 2015. No details relating to whether a ransom was paid were made known.
The news comes as a great relief to all BOURBON employees as a whole, who share the joy of the families, says the press released dated 11 May 2015.
The crew members were kidnapped from the Surfer 1440 after it was boarded on the night of 8 April off the Nigerian coast.
Shipping Position Daily recalls that Bourbon OffshoreBourbon had said in April in a press release, that the three were kidnapped from the Surfer 1440 after it was boarded on the night of 8 April off the Nigerian coast.
Bourbon says that it immediately activated an emergency unit in Nigeria.
Bourbon went on to state that the three kidnapped were all Nigerian nationals and that Bourbon Interior Nigeria is in contact with the families of those kidnapped and is providing support as they keep them regularly informed of the situation. An emergency unit based in Nigeria was immediately activated.
Surfer 1440 is part of Bourbon Offshore’s Surfer-series crewboats. Surfers are equipped with aluminium hulls. Very light, designed for speed and the comfort of the professionals transported, with cruising speeds between 24-40 knots.
It will also be recalled that Bourbon had seven crew kidnapped – 6 Russians and 1 Estonian, during a boarding of the Luxembourg-flagged Bourbon Liberty 249 on 15 October 2012 off Nigeria. They were released weeks later.
In 2010, three French crew members were kidnapped off a Bourbon-operated vessel off the coast of Nigeria and were later released.
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