聯合國世界糧食計劃署（WFP）日前呼籲採取行動，以制止索馬利水域的海盜行為，而2月在索馬利亞東北的潘特蘭（Puntland）地區海岸被劫持的糧食救援船獲釋，該組織表示欣慰。WFP表示，自從2005年開始，這已經是第三起糧食船在索馬利水域被劫。
羅森號貨輪(MV Rozen)及船上的6名肯亞籍和6名斯里蘭卡籍船員在2月25日被劫持，當時已和世界糧食計劃署簽訂合約，準備運送1800公噸食物從肯亞的孟巴薩到索馬利亞的波薩索（Bossaso）市。
羅森號在離索馬利海岸3公里遠處被釋放，該地靠近潘特蘭的一個小型季節性漁民居住的村落。船在4月2日就被釋放，但居於安全的考量，新聞事後才發布。
羅森號在被俘虜之前，正準備運送救援食物前往索馬利亞，當時被5名攜帶強大武器乘坐小船的海盜攻擊。根據《港船新聞》（Ports & Ships）報導，羅森號除了受攻擊，在試圖逃脫前還巧妙地躲避海盜襲擊，並衝撞那艘小船。
羅森號和印度籍的尼馬圖拉號（Nimatullah)一起被釋，尼馬圖拉號上載運超過725公噸的貨物，包括食用油、二手衣物和米。肯亞船員搜救計畫一位代表指出，海盜曾要求一筆贖金來贖回被挾持的船，但是他付不起這麼高的金額。世界糧食計劃署索馬利亞主任顧森士表示：「此次事件讓運送貨品到索馬利亞的船隻不太願意，而拖延運送必需品到這個國家。」
2005年6月，羅森號的姐妹船山洛號(MV Semlow)，也在運送世界糧食計劃署的食物補給時遭劫，並被挾持超過100天。4名索馬利海盜帶著槍及手榴彈等武器攻擊山洛號。
Calling for action to curb piracy in Somali waters, the world's largest humanitarian food relief agency welcomed the release of a hijacked ship used for carrying food aid which had been intercepted in February off the coast of the Puntland region in Somalia's northeast. The UN World Food Programme said this is the third such ship hijacked in Somali waters since 2005.
The MV Rozen and its crew of six Kenyans and six Sri Lankans had completed its contract with the World Food Programme by delivering 1,800 metric tons of food from Mombasa, Kenya to Bossaso in Somalia when it was hijacked on February 25.
The MV Rozen was released three kilometers (two miles) off the Somali coast near the small seasonal fisherman's settlement of Dhigdhiley in Puntland. The ship was released on April 2, but news of the ship's release was delayed due to security concerns.
In an initial incident just before its capture, the Rozen was making for Somalia with its cargo of food aid when it came under attack by five heavily armed pirates operating from a small boat. Despite being fired upon, the Rozen managed to out-manoeuvre the pirates and rammed the smaller vessel, before escaping, according to Ports & Ships news service.
The Rozen was released simultaneously with the Indian-flagged MV Nimatullah, which was carrying more than 725 metric tons of cargo, including cooking oil, secondhand clothing and rice. A representative of the Seafarers Assistance Program-Kenya said a ransom had been paid for the ships' release but he could not give the amount. This incident has caused reluctance among shippers to carry cargos to Somalia, creating delays in delivering much-needed food aid to the country, said the agency's Somalia Country Director Peter Goossens.
In June 2005, the MV Semlow, the Rozen's sister vessel, was hijacked while carrying WFP food supplies and held for more than 100 days. Four boatloads of Somali pirates armed with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades boarded the ship.
