Suez , Yuan Xiang: airmen sentenced, pardoned

At Banadir region court sentencing the men reportedly claimed approximately the following names and nationalities:

Andrew Robert Brides, a British aged 56 and born in Nairobi, Kenya.

Patrick Brougham Hubbard, US citizen aged 41 from Texas.

Alexander James Andrew, a British aged 22 originally from Edinburgh

Mathew Brown, has British national aged 32 born in London

Mark William Potgieter, a British aged 25, but originally from Kenya.

Alistair Macleod Davidson, both British and Kenya aged 46

The men left Mogadishu for Kenya's capital Nairobi aboard their two planes on June 26

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Suez, Yuan Xiang: all airmen pardoned

The president of the interim government of Somalia has pardoned all six men, who have not been officially named, involved in ransom money for the release of two vessels, the Egyptian-owned MV Suez and the Chinese-owned MV Yuan Xiang, two ships held ransom by Somali pirates, $3.6 million in cash on 24 May shortly after arriving by plane in Mogadishu.
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Yuan Xiang: ransomed, released

IMO:7609192 Yuan Xiang

"We have freed the Chinese ship. We have received ... the agreed ransom this morning and the ship has already sailed away," said a pirate from El-Dhanane, Somalia.

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YUAN XIANG : Hongyuan geared East of Salalah

YUAN XIANG hijacked 12 Nov 0701 UTC
Posn: 18 02.55N – 066 03.39E (IMB) Around 680nm East of Salalah, Oman (Off Somalia)
IMO:7609192, Flag:Panama, General Cargo Ship
Owner: HONGAN SHIPPING CO LTD, CHINA
Manager: HONGYUAN MARINE CO LTD, CHINA

89 TACNA III - 90 MANCHINCHI BRIDGE - 92 CHELSEA BRIDGE - 95 APACHE BELLE - 96 CHELSEA BRIDGE - 02 DONG HUA MEN



　　Since the foundation of our company, our business has been developing in a great speed. Especially in crew dispatch service, we have achieved a considerable scale. On the basis of our advantageous shipping talents, we managed to extend our business to ship management, providing management service on security system, marine and equipment affairs to ships of domestic and international routes, supplying spare parts, ship stores. Our advantage is the combination of ship management and crew dispatch which ensures our high-level ship management.

　　We are authorized to issue certificate of sea barer and seaman's book. So we can issue the certificate for crew who meets the standards of the marine bureau. We are also endowed with right to sign the contract with domestic and foreign ship owners concerning crew dispatch. We have the management qualification permitted by the Ministry of Communications of PRC, and Tianjin Communication Committee.