[3] The MV Iceberg 1 is a Panama-flagged roll-on/roll-off cargo vessel owned by Azal Shipping in Dubai with a deadweight of 4,500 tonnes.
The MV Iceberg 1 was hijacked on March 29, 2010 about 10 nautical miles off the port of Aden, Yemen, outside the International Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC).
[5] The vessel was originally carrying 25 crew members consisting of nationals from Yemen, India, Ghana, Sudan, Pakistan and the Philippines.
[7] On December 10, 2012, Puntland Maritime Police Force, including several boats, a sniper on land, and a helicopter, began bombarding the Iceberg 1.
[9] Five Indian survivors were invited to a two-day recovery workshop in Mumbai, directed by the Maritime Piracy Humanitarian Response Programme.