Last month, six crew members were kidnapped by pirates from a Denmark-based oil tanker off the Republic of Congo. They have been rescued in Nigeria, per the ship’s owner.
The Liberian-flagged vessel dubbed the Monjasa Reformer had 16 sailors when pirates attacked it on 25 March. Despite being owned by a Danish major, none of the crew members were Danish.
When the 135-meter-long tanker was discovered by France’s navy the following week off the coast of Sao Tome and Principe in the Gulf of Guinea,...