Chief Engineer Anthony Gervasio and Qualified Member of the Engineering Department (QMED) Louis Longlois, crewmembers of the offshore supply vessel Damon B.

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Talisman said it hired a 120-person vessel to mobilise personnel offshore "to supplement the limited helicopter flights available at present".

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After the kidnapping, remaining crew-members - operated by Augusta Offshore SpA, a Naples-based shipping company in southern Italy - had sailed the vessel to safety.

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