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MV Abdullah, the Bangladeshi-flagged ship released by Somali pirates after a month in captivity, has arrived in the Bay of Bengal two months after being held by the pirates in the Indian Ocean.
The vessel was near Sri Lanka on Thursday night. It may arrive in Kutubdia island on Monday, according to bdnews24.com.
It will unload in Kutubdia some of the 56,000 tonnes of stones it is carrying from the UAE and the loading may take two days.
The ship will then come to Chattogram port and unload the rest of the cargo at the outer anchorage.
The vessel was transporting 55,000 tonnes of coal from Mozambique to the United Arab Emirates at the time. On Mar 12, Somali pirates seized control of the MV Abdullah and took the 23 sailors on board hostage.
After release from captivity MV Abdullah resumed its journey to Bangladesh on May 1 after refuelling at Fujairah port in the UAE. It earlier unloaded the coal at Mina Saqr port in the UAE and took the stones.