Well into Thursday morning, Speers and about 10 colleagues from Maersk Line Ltd. huddled in a hurriedly made situation room in the company’s Norfolk headquarters. The group was monitoring naval efforts to rescue the captain of their cargo carrier, the Maersk Alabama, who was taken hostage by pirates who hijacked the ship early Wednesday
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Maersk ‘situation room’ buzzes away
Maersk spokesman Kevin Speers got his version of a 3 a.m. phone call Wednesday, and his cell hasn’t stopped ringing since.