
Some good news in the ongoing tit for tat tanker seizure row is that the crew appear to be safe and are reportedly being treated well according to the vessels owner Stena Bulk.

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The British-flagged Tanker “Stena Impero” was taken last week after allegedly colliding with an Iranian fishing boat, although no evidence of this has been forthcoming.
Although the tanker is under the UK flag there are no British crew on board with the 23 being made up of people of Indian, Russian, Latvian and Filipino origin.