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Somali pirates hijack Panamanian-flagged vessel with 31 crew
(Xinhua)-- Somali pirates have hijacked Panamanian-flagged vessel in the Somali basin, European Union anti- piracy force said on Thursday.EU Naval Force front man Per Klingvall said the MV Hanniball II was seized early Thursday from Malaysia to Suez with 31 crew members. Klingvall said the 24,105 tonne chemical tanker was carrying vegetable oils from Pasir Gudang to Suez at the time. "The master of the vessel reported that he had been attacked and boarded by pirates in an area some 860 nautical miles East of The Horn of Africa which is considerably closer to India than it is to Somalia," he said. The MV Hannibal II has a total of 31 crew on board. This number consists of 23 Tunisians, 4 Filipinos, 1 Croatian, 1 Georgian, 1 Russian and 1 Moroccan. Posted by: Fred 2010-11-12 |
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