Tank-laden Ukrainian ship could be freed soon

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Source: AP

Somali pirates have agreed on a ransom for a Ukrainian freighter carrying tanks and other heavy weapons and it could be released within days, a spokesman said Sunday.

Mikhail Voitenko said the MV Faina could be freed with its crew if agreement is reached on how to get the ransom money to the pirates, who seized the ship off the coast of Somalia in late September. He said there were negotiations on Friday.

"The owner has confirmed there is every reason to hope that it will be released in the coming week," said Voitenko, editor of Maritime Bulletin-Sovfrakht, a shipping news Web site.
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U.S. officials have said the ship was headed for Sudan, not Kenya, which had said it was the destination.

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There doesn't seem to be any word on where the tanks will end up after a release.