Dredger crew kidnapped in Cameroon

2010-09-16T11:47:00

The Amerigo Vespucci is working on a multi-year maintenance dredging and channel deepening project for Cameroon’s major port city of Douala.

Two crew members of the trailing suction hopper dredger Amerigo Vespucci were kidnapped by an armed gang as the vessel worked in the Cameroon port of Douala on Sunday night.

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