MV Navios Apollon

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| Ship name = MV ''Navios Apollon''
| Ship owner = Greece
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| Ship registry = {{flag|Panama|civil}}
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| Ship launched = 2000
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| Ship identification = [[IMO Number]] 9211145
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| Ship notes = Hijacked
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| Ship class = Ultra-[[Handymax]]
| Ship tonnage = 52,073 [[deadweight tonnage|dwt.]]
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| Ship speed = {{convert|13.2|kn|km/h|1|lk=on|abbr=on}} max, {{convert|12.7|kn|km/h|1|lk=on|abbr=on}} average
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| Ship crew = 19
| Ship notes = 1 Greek 19 [[Philippines|Filipino]]
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'''''Navios Apollon''''' is a Ultra-[[Handymax]] [[bulk carrier]] vessel with a capacity of 52,073 [[deadweight]].

==History==
Built in 2000.
Navios Maritime Holdings Inc. sold it to Navios Maritime Partners L.P. in 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title= 52,073dwt Navios Apollon sold |url= http://www.turkishmaritime.com.tr/news_detail.php?id=3517|format= |agency= |newspaper= Turkish Maritime Magazine |date= 29 October 2009 |accessdate= 1 January 2010 |language= English |quote= }}</ref>
Call Sign: SYNY
MMSI: 240115000

==Hijacking==
In the evening of 28 December, the Panama Flag (Greek owned) Bulk Carrier, the MV ''Navios Apollon'', was hijacked approximately 200 nautical miles East of the Seychelles by [[Piracy in Somalia|Somali pirates]]. It was destined for [[India]] when hijacked, and carrying a cargo of [[rock phosphate]] from [[Tampa, Florida]].
<ref>{{cite news |title= Somali Pirates Seize Two More Ships |author= |first= |last= |authorlink= |url= http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/12/29/world/international-uk-somalia-piracy.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=Navios%20Apollon&st=cse |format= |agency= [[Reuters]]|newspaper= [[New York Times]]|publisher= |date= 29 December 2009 |accessdate= 1 January 2010|quote= }}
</ref><ref>{{cite news |title= Somali Pirates Seize Tanker, Cargo Ship
|url= http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/29/world/AP-Piracy.html?scp=2&sq=Navios%20Apollon&st=cse |agency= Associated Press |newspaper= [[New York Times]] |date= 29 December 2009 |accessdate= 1 January 2010 |quote= }}</ref>

==References==
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{{Piracy in Somalia}}
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[[Category:Piracy in Somalia]]
[[Category:Bulk freighters]]
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