Right before I went AWOL - back in early February, I got a few tips regarding a ship that had been hijacked by pirates. There were a few people interested in MV Rim - a ship noted for being low on the water while supposedly on the way to a scrap yard.
MV Rim was able to escape yesterday by overcoming their pirate captors when a firefight broke out between rival clans. OK, so we have a ship that apparently wasn't insured, never announced itself to the international community when traveling through pirate waters, was on its way to be scrapped and yet has a load of cargo, and was given a high ransom price despite supposedly being a ship of no value, no insurance, and a small crew. That isn't much to work with...
But then rival pirate gangs break out into violence over this worthless ship? What the hell is going on?
Oh... did I mention the ship was North Korean?
More background here which includes a call to inspect the ship now that it has been released. Interesting, I thought anyway.
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