The peacekeepers and the crew were captured in Kaka, north of Malakal, and taken to the town of Kaka, in Upper Nile state.
"They were threatened directly. Our forces were disarmed and detained," said a UN official, who asked not to be named.
The rebels looted the fuel from the barge and were holding the contractors in Kaka.
The United Nations demanded the release of the 12 crew still in captivity, all South Sudanese nationals, according to Reuters, Deutsche Welle, dpa.
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