Cambodian Cargo Vessel Detained Over Freight Dispute Not By Pirates
Sunday, January 31, 2010SOMALILAND – The vessel which others reported last week as pirated whilst in Somali waters has in fact been detained by port authorities in a commercial shipping dispute according to local officials. The vessel, reportedly the MV Layla-S is apparently a fleet sister of the Maria Star, a vessel which lost cargo after catching fire in a previous incident. Reports state that a local businessman has obtained a Court injunction to impound the Layla-S after she had finished discharging freight in the Somaliland port of Berbera, the former capital and the main seaport for British Somaliland.
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