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Maersk says hired Tanzanian warship against pirates

By Standard Digital | Jan. 6, 2010

COPENHAGEN, Jan 5

Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk disclosed on Tuesday that it hired a Tanzanian navy vessel in late 2008 to keep pirates off its Brigit Maersk tanker in waters off Somalia.

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