Somali pirates seize tanker off Hobyo

3/28/2009 9:48:24 AM

Somali pirates has captured a tanker in a position 380 miles off Hobyo, according to reports from private security sources in the region.   The seizure was confirmed by the International Maritime Bureau’s piracy reporting centre in Kuala Lumpur, which did not release the name of the vessel.   An IMB official said that the ship was Greek-owned and Panama-flagged, and with 19 crew on board.   He warned that a pirate mothership is thought to be on the prowl in the waters off southern and eastern Somalia, an area with no coalition warships currently in place, after reports of ten attacks over the last ten days.   Lloyd’s List

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