Carisbrooke Shipping, operators of the 8,100-dwt Esther C(built 2008), said the trio were safe and in good spirits after 31 daysin captivity.
Thethree men, two Russians and a Romanian, were taken from the ship some 80 miles offthe south coast of Nigeria.
Thevessel was boarded and ransacked by heavily armed pirates in internationalwaters south of the Gulf Of Guinea on 7 February.
Carisbrookesaid
