The operators of the oil tanker Nave Andromeda have issued a statement, thanking the authorities for their timely and professional response.
7 stowaways who threatened the lives of 22 crew members on board the Nave Andromeda, a Liberian-flagged oil tanker, are being questioned this morning (Monday) following yesterday’s rescue mission off the coast of the Isle of Wight.
The UK’s elite Special Boat Service was drafted in after the Home Secretary Pritti Patel gave the green light for military intervention, with around 16 commandos boarding the Nave Andromeda near Ventnor under the cover of darkness.
Operators of the ship at the centre of yesterday’s incident, Navios Tanker Management, have today said:
“We are pleased to report that the 7 stowaways who illegally boarded the Liberian Flag tanker in Lagos, Nigeria, have been detained by the UK Authorities after a multi-agency response, including police, military and emergency forces.
“The UK Authorities had been advised by the Master that stowaways had been found on board and that he was concerned for the safety of the crew due to the increasingly hostile behaviour of the stowaways.
“Happily no crew members were injured and all are safe and well.
Article continues below this advertisement “Navios Tanker Management wish to thank all the UK Authorities involved in this operation for their timely and professional response.
“Navios would also like to pay tribute to the Master of the Nave Andromeda for his exemplary response and calmness and to all the crew for their fortitude in a difficult situation.”
welcome to the land of milk and honey 4 or 5 star hotel and await the families to join them
You are sadly spot on Joe!
Better be sent back.
Got enough spongers here
Fortunately for them they are the right hue, that can now, do no wrong, or, at least, never ever be blamed for such.
I wonder how much it cost yesterday with special forces helicopters ect to soft in this country
Top of the list for a new flat when p feathers is built. That’s why they did what they did. Perhaps a little bit of jail time then straight into their new UK abode.
In a years time they’ll all be on the social whilst luxuriating in taxpayer funded accommodation, just like those Afghan hijackers all those years back.
Forced to land at Stansted, never kicked out, or serve jail time as I recall.
As a thank you the ship’s owners should re register their vessel in UK: I doubt their flag of convenience country of Liberia will have done anything to assist.