摩加迪沙，9月29日消息——据邦特兰国家电视台周二报道，索马里半自治邦特兰州的安全部队已解救MT Honour 25号，这是一艘悬挂帕劳国旗的石油产品油轮，于4月被海盗劫持。该广播电台称，劫持该船只的海盗已被拘留，并将被送上法庭。邦特兰官员未回应置评请求。
MOGADISHU, Sept 29 - Security forces from Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland state have rescued the MT Honour 25, a Palau-flagged petroleum products tanker seized by pirates in April, Puntland's state television channel reported on Tuesday. • The broadcaster said pirates who had been holding the vessel had been detained and would be brought to court. • Puntland officials did not respond to requests for comment.
MT Honour 25号于4月21日在距邦特兰海岸约30海里处被劫持，船上共有17名船员，其中包括10名巴基斯坦人。
• The MT Honour 25 was seized on April 21 around 30 nautical miles off Puntland's coast with 17 crew members on board, including 10 Pakistanis.
此次解救行动紧随上周邦特兰类似的反海盗行动，当时地区海事警察部队称已解救受美国制裁的油轮Sibu 1号，该船于8月被索马里海盗劫持。
• The rescue follows a similar Puntland counter-piracy operation last week, when the regional maritime police force said it had freed the US-sanctioned tanker Sibu 1, which Somali pirates had hijacked in August.
近年来，海盗活动在索马里海岸重现，引发了对亚丁湾和西印度洋航运安全的担忧。
• Piracy has resurfaced off Somalia's coast in recent years, raising concerns for shipping through the Gulf of Aden and the western Indian Ocean.
2008年至2014年的索马里海盗浪潮曾扰乱全球最繁忙航线之一，给全球经济造成数十亿美元损失，并导致数亿美元的赎金支付。
• A previous wave of Somali piracy from 2008 to 2014 disrupted one of the world's busiest shipping routes, cost the global economy billions of dollars and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in ransom payments.