Cargo ship limps into Oman port after long ordeal.Muscat Muscat, Maskat, or Masqat (all: mŭs`kăt, mŭs`kət), city (1993 pop. 533,774), capital of Oman, SE Arabia, on the Gulf of Oman. It is flanked by rugged mountains. : A German cargo ship that broke down in rough seas after being released by Somali pirates on July 8, was expected to arrive in the southern Omani port of Salalah late on Friday. MV Lehmann Timber was seized by pirates during a voyage through Gulf of Aden Noun 1. Gulf of Aden - arm of the Indian Ocean at the entrance to the Red Sea Indian Ocean - the 3rd largest ocean; bounded by Africa on the west, Asia on the north, Australia on the east and merging with the Antarctic Ocean to the south on May 28. The vessel and its 15-member multinational crew were released nearly six weeks later, reportedly after a ransom payment of around $700,000 (about Dh2,572,220). After securing its freedom, the 120m ship ran into stormy weather in the Arabian Sea, some 300 miles off Oman's southern coast. The captain's distress call was picked up a naval vessel deployed in the area as part of the Coalition Task Force. The Russian skipper reported that the vessel was adrift after suffering engine failure, while its weak and exhausted crew were low on water and food. A US warship warship, any ship built or armed for naval combat. The forerunners of the modern warship were the men-of-war of the 18th and early 19th cent., such as the ship of the line, frigate, corvette, sloop of war (see sloop), brig, and cutter. went to the stricken cargo ship's rescue, provided emergency supplies of food, water, and medicine. Repair MV Lehmann Timber is being towed to Salalah where engine repairs and other provisional maintenance will be carried out before it proceeds to its next destination, local maritime sources said. Representatives of the ship's owners, Euro Cargo Services, have arrived in Oman to take charge of the crew after their ordeal. A[umlaut umlaut (  m`lout) [Ger.,=transformed sound], in inflection, variation of vowels of the type of English man to men. ] Al Nisr Publishing Al Nisr Publishing is a company based in Dubai, UAE. The company is a part of Al Tayer Group. It was established in 1985 by Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Abdullah Al Rostamani and Juma Al Majid. It employs 1,050 people and has branches in Manilla, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control 2007. All rights reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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