THE stress felt on the Somalia sea had spread to the offices of PT Samudera Indonesia Tbk in Slipi, West Jakarta. On Sunday two weeks ago reporters waited for the start of a press conference that had already been postponed. “Five minutes after we got word they had been freed, I immediately began the press conference,” said PT Samudera Indonesia Deputy Managing Director, David Batubara, last week.

The cargo ship Sinar Kudus owned by Samudera