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London, August 4 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Somali pirates released the Hansa Stavanger, a German-flagged container vessel with two Ukrainian sailors on board, the BBC has reported.

The ship was freed for a ransom, the BBC said.

The editor-in-chief of the Maritime Bulletin Sovfracht online news site, Mikhail Voitenko, said on Monday that the Hansa Stavanger would soon be released.

"According to the latest reports, a ransom of over $2.7 million has already been delivered to the ship," he said.

As reported, Somali pirates hijacked the Hansa Stavanger, operated by Hamburg-based Leonhardt & Blumberg, in the Indian Ocean between Kenya and the Seychelles on April 4.

The ship's crew includes five Germans, three Russians, two Ukrainians, two Filipinos, 11 Tuvaluans, and one sailor from Fiji.