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|country=Hong Kong
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|name= MT ''Stolt Valor''
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|owner=*Owner: Panama-registered company, Ocean Carrier Transit
*Beneficial owner: Central Marine of [[Hiroshima, Japan]]
|operator= [[Fleet Management Ltd.]] of Hong Kong
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|out_of_service= 15 March 2012
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|fate= Scrapped October 2012
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|type= [[Chemical tanker]]
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|notes=*Classed: by ClassNK
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| quote =''"It was not only an ordeal but also a nightmare for all of us on board the Stolt Valor."'' (Captain Prabhat Kumar Goyal, November 16, 2008)
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The '''MT ''Stolt Valor''''' was a [[Hong Kong]]-flagged ship that was hijacked while in the Designated Safety Corridor<ref name="maritimeaccident" /> within the [[Gulf of Aden]], approximately {{convert|38|nmi|km}} away from the coast of [[Yemen]], while heading from the United States south through the Gulf towards Asia.<ref name="lloydslist" /> After the ship passed through the [[Suez Canal]], it encountered hijackers and alerted the [[International Maritime Bureau]].<ref name="tankerworld">{{cite news|url=http://www.tankerworld.com/news/i73299/Stolt-Nielsen_tanker_hijacked |title=Stolt-Nielsen tanker hijacked |date=September 17, 2008 |publisher=tankerworld.com |access-date=2008-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611154925/http://www.tankerworld.com/news/i73299/Stolt-Nielsen_tanker_hijacked |archive-date=June 11, 2011 }}</ref> Area coalition forces arrived too late to avert the hijacking which occurred at 10:16 UTC on September 15, 2008 by [[Somalia|Somali]] [[Pirate|pirates]].<ref name="alibaba">{{cite news|url=http://news.alibaba.com/article/detail/finance/100005444-1-stolt-nielsen-says-ship-seized-off.html|title= Stolt-Nielsen says ship seized off Somalia, crew safe|date=September 17, 2008|publisher=news.alibaba.com|access-date=2008-11-20}}</ref>

The Japanese-owned [[chemical tanker]], managed by [[Fleet Management Ltd.]] of Hong Kong, and on time charter to Stolt Tankers, carried a crew of 22 members, including eighteen from India, two from the [[Philippines]], one from [[Bangladesh]], and one from Russia according to Fleet's spokesman, Ferdi Stolzenberg.<ref name="lloydslist" /><ref name="india">{{cite news|url=http://www.india-server.com/news/mt-stolt-valor-carrying-18-indians-3803.html |title=Mt Stolt Valor Carrying 18 Indians Hijacked Near Somali |date=September 17, 2008 |publisher=india-server.com |access-date=2008-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121021359/http://www.india-server.com/news/mt-stolt-valor-carrying-18-indians-3803.html |archive-date=November 21, 2008 }}</ref> The ship's captain was Prabhat Kumar Goyal of Teg Bahadur Road, Dehradun.<ref name="yahoo">{{cite news|url=http://in.news.yahoo.com/32/20081004/1055/tnl-stolt-valor-hijack-sends-shivers-amo.html|title=Stolt Valor hijack sends shivers among Doon sailors|date=October 4, 2008|publisher=in.news.yahoo.com|access-date=2008-11-20}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> The ship was carrying 19,800 metric tons of phosphoric acid, loaded in [[Morehead City]], [[North Carolina]], United States,
at time of capture.<ref name="indiatimes" />

Following capture, the ''Stolt Valor'' made way to the pirate haven of [[Eyl]] on the eastern coast of Somalia. The pirates made contact with the ship's owners the following day, September 16.<ref name="lloydslist">{{cite news|url=http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/news/hijackers-board-stolt-valor-in-gulf-of-aden/20017571173.htm |title=Hijackers board Stolt Valor in Gulf of Aden |date=September 16, 2008 |publisher=lloydslist.com |access-date=2008-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921084818/http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/news/hijackers-board-stolt-valor-in-gulf-of-aden/20017571173.htm |archive-date=September 21, 2008 }}</ref> The ship's Master, through email and phone, stated that his crew was unharmed and confined to the ship's wheelhouse.<ref name="maritimeaccident">{{cite news|url=http://www.maritimeaccident.org/stolt-valor-hijacking-update/|title=Stolt Valor Hijacking Update|last=Couttie|first=Bob |date=September 18, 2008|publisher=maritimeaccident.org|access-date=2008-11-20}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

==Ransom==
An initial demand of ransom for [[USD|US]]$6 million was later decreased to US$2.5 million.<ref name="indiatimes">{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Hijacked-ship-Stolt-Valor-released-18-Indians-safe-ransom-paid-/articleshow/3719050.cms|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104000653/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-11-16/india/27920882_1_indian-crew-indian-sailors-stolt-valor|url-status=live|archive-date=November 4, 2012|title=Hijacked ship Stolt Valor released, 18 Indians safe, ransom paid |date=November 16, 2008|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=2008-11-20}}</ref> The ransom negotiations were conducted by National Union of Seafarers of India (NUSI) General Secretary Abdul Gani in Hong Kong, saying "Definitely ransom has been paid but we will not be able to go into details."<ref name="indiatimes" />

==Release==
The ''Stolt Valor'' was released the morning of November 16, 2008.<ref name="ndtv">{{cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080073111 |title=Two-month ordeal was nightmare: Stolt Valor captain |date=November 18, 2008 |publisher=ndtv.com |access-date=2008-11-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214114446/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080073111 |archive-date=February 14, 2009 }}</ref>

==2012 fire==
On March 15, 2012, an explosion and subsequent fire occurred on board ''Stolt Valor'' while she was {{convert|27|nmi|km}} off [[Jubail]], Saudi Arabia. The ship was carrying a cargo of [[methyl tertiary butyl ether]] and [[isobutanol]].<ref name=Platts>{{cite web |url= http://www.platts.com/RSSFeedDetailedNews/RSSFeed/Shipping/8062935 |title=Norway's Stolt-Nielsen tanker hit by explosion in Persian Gulf |publisher=Platts |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref> One crew member was killed. Twenty-four survivors were rescued by {{USS|John Paul Jones|DDG-53|6}} and later transferred to {{USCGC|Baranof|QPB-1318|6}}.<ref name=Starsnstripes>{{cite web |url=http://www.stripes.com/news/navy-coast-guard-rescue-24-filipinos-from-disabled-ship-1.171761?localLinksEnabled=false |title=Navy, Coast Guard rescue 24 Filipinos from disabled ship |publisher=Stars & Stripes |first=Erik |last=Slavin |work=Stars and Stripes |access-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>

==Scrap==
The fire was eventually extinguished and all pollutants - both chemical cargo and fuel - later removed, but the ship was forced to drift in the Gulf for several months before authorities in Bahrain offered it a port of refuge.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} ''Stolt Valor'' was deemed too badly damaged for repairs to be economically viable and the ship owners and managers STOLT, decided to scrap it. She was scrapped in mid-October 2012 in Bahrain.<ref name=ML348639>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinelink.com/news/tankship-scrapped-valor348639.aspx |title=Tankship 'Stolt Valor' to be Scrapped at ASRY |publisher=Marine Link |date=19 October 2012 |access-date=8 January 2013}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Piracy in Somalia]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Piracy in Somalia}}
{{2012 shipwrecks}}

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[[Category:Piracy in Somalia]]
[[Category:Chemical tankers]]
[[Category:Merchant ships of Hong Kong]]
[[Category:2003 ships]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 2008]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 2012]]

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