Friday, September 9, 2011

Ships sent to war ' hijacked '

21 April 2011, last updated 05: 51 Handout image of the South Korean cargo ship the Hanjin Tianjin, believed to have been hijacked by pirates. AFP PHOTO / HO / Hanjin Shipping -ET, between those of the ship is believed to be a variant of the 41 crew members, two cargo ships suspected of involvement in the airport, the pirates in the Arabian Sea, officials say.

The South Korean military is racing towards the scene, where 75,000 tonnes of the Hanjin Tianjin lost contact after sending distress call.


The Italian ship Rosalia D'Amato has confirmed has been seized approximately 650 km (400 miles) off the coast of Oman.


Piracy in the region of markkinalähtöisemmässä in spite of the efforts of the multinational forces Patrolling.


It hit a high of 142 attacks a day, seven days a week with the 2011 for the first three months of the different parts of the world, the International Maritime Organization, the Office said in a report this month.

Lost contact

Hanjin Tianjin sends emergency message at 0500 on Thursday of the Korean time (2015 GMT Wednesday), when it had about 400 km (250 miles) East of the Yemeni island of Socotra, said Seoul is based on the Hanjin Shipping statement.


The ship was carrying a crew of 14 South Koreans and six Indonesian and was reportedly en route to Singapore from Europe.


Government officials said they believed it had been hijacked.

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South Korean Choi Young destroyer that is part of the international fleet to try to police the maritime transport sector, sent the officials said.


Rosalia D'Amato-the Italian cargo ship, as well as about the same size as the Hanjin Tianjin-has confirmed has been seized.


Carlo Miccio Perseveranza Napoli-base company that operates the vessel, said he had spoken to the rank of Captain, who was told to him, including 21-six Italians-the crew of the agencies were "Okay," relatively speaking.


"He tried to give me more information but the pirates to understand what he was doing and they cut the line," he told AFP news agency.


Mr. Miccio said, monitoring equipment showed that was en route from Brazil to Iran with a cargo ship, soya-bean, was "almost in the same place".


Sudden ransom had not yet, he said.

The mother ship, which has attacked

The International Convention on the law of the sea forces was Christopher pirates, many based in lawless Somalia.


Witnesses and the Pirates of Somalia near the city of Hobyo has told AFP the attack on a suspected pirate "mother ship" off the coast.


At least four people died and six, was seriously wounded in the attack, which took place around 1900 local time (1700 GMT) on Wednesday, they said.


The pirate and the rights group said the Agency was used in the assault helicopters.


The pirate had said, the boat used to ferry supplies to the hijacked vessel in the vicinity.


 

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