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Libya Plans to Sell Ex-rebel Tanker
Libya plans to sell a tanker that a former rebel group used in an attempt to bypass the Libyan government and export oil on its own last year, the Tripoli-based state prosecutor said on Thursday. The group had loaded crude on the "Morning Glory" at the eastern port of Es Sider and sailed in March 2014. U.S. Navy SEALs stopped the tanker off Cyprus and returned it to Tripoli. "The office of the prosecutor general announces the sale of the Morning Glory tanker," the prosecutor said on its website, the accuracy of which was confirmed by an official at the prosecutor's office. An auction is scheduled for next Thursday. The incident typifies the chaos in Libya since the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. The ship had been sold to a Libyan national close to a rebel group led by Ibrahim Jathran, who had seized major eastern oil ports in 2013 to press for eastern autonomy, according to a copy of the sale contract seen then by Reuters. It was unclear whether the tanker had been sold again since then. http://www.marinelink.com/news/exrebel-tanker-libya397345.aspx
Crew released from Libyan custody
The six Pakistani crew members of the "Morning Glory" were released from Libyan custody on Apr 1. A spokesman of the Pakistan Foreign Office has confirmed the handing over of the Pakistani crew to the embassy in Tripoli. Flight arrangements were being made to take them back home and they were expected to return by Apr 2 evening. The released crew members of the "Morning Glory" included 6 Pakistanis, 6 Indians, 3 Sri Lankans, 2 Syrians, 2 Sudanis and 2 Eritreans. The Pakistan crew members were Mirza Noman Baig (Captain), Ghufran Marghoob Ahmed (Cheif Officer), Syed Muhammad Mehdi Shamsi (2nd Officer), Syed Asif Hassan (3rd Officer), Naik Zada (Crew Member), Muhammad Irshad (Crew Member). They had remained in government custody until Apr 1. All the crew members on board were safe and expressed gratitude to the Pakistan's Ambassador in Libya who visited and met the Pakistani crew.
Tanker docked in Khomes
On Mar 27 the "Morning Glory" docked at the seaport pf Khomes. The crew, consisting of 21 Pakistani, Indian, Sri Lankan, Sudanese, Eritrean and Libya sailors, were in the hands of the Libyan justice.
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