Four former crew from the VLCC Samho Dream plan to sue for compensation after they were held hostage by Somali pirates for seven months in 2010.



The case follows hard on the heels of crew from the 1,098-teu Maersk Alabama (built 1998) taking Maersk to court in the US for allegedly sailing too close to the African coast during its own hijacking in 2009.

 

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