Somalia Port: Pirates Releases Saudi Supertanker

This photo by Daewoo Shipbuilding and maritime manufacturing in Seoul shows the Sirius Star tanker undergoing sea trials. The hijacked Saudi super-tanker, carrying 100 million dollars of oil, anchored Tuesday off a infamous Somali pirate port as sea gangs struck again and seized a Hong Kong cargo ship.

The best act of piracy; even by looting Somali, bandits have stunned the global group of people. The Saudi foreign priest called piracy is a growing illness and experts said some ships are now carefully in the Indian Ocean. Gall Mohamed Qabowsade, an adviser to the leader of Somalia's break with Punt land region in the state, "said Sirius Star was now a pirate lair of Hazarders, about 300 kilometers north of Mogadishu. We have received some information, and we know that the ship is anchored near Hazarders Qabowsade told AFP. Super tanker with its crew of 25 to 19 from the Philippines, two from Britain, two from Poland, one Croatian and one Saudi - and filled the capacity of two million barrels of oil were seized on Saturday, according to the U.S. Navy. every one 25 crew on board are supposed to be safe, said Vela International, a subsidiary of the Saudi oil giant Saudi Armco and operators of the ship. At this point, Vela awaiting further contact from the pirates of the control of the ship, the company said in a declaration. However, global safety worries were raised when a Hong Kong freighter was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen's coast. China Maritime Search and Rescue Center said freighter, enjoyment, with 25 crew, had 36,000 tunes of wheat to Bandar Abbes in Iran after the attack, government and military officials said.
The Chinese administration had previously convicted of hijacking of a Chinese fishing boat off the Somali coast and said it is working to rescue the 24 crew - 15 Chinese four Vietnamese, 3 Filipino, 1 Japanese and one from Taiwan. in the meantime, the German Navy said Tuesday his frigate, Karlsruhe had foiled attacks by heavily armed bandits on two ships. Monday, an Ethiopian cargo ship, The Andean, radioed for help, saying it was under attack from two small motor boats in the Gulf of Aden. Karlsruhe, which was 20 miles away, sent a Sea Lynx helicopters and 2 motor boats to the left at high speed, a navy statement said. Tuesday British tanker Trafalgar radioed for help after coming under assault by eight or nine speedboat.

Somali Pirates Hijack Saudi Oil Tanker

Summary: The hijacked Saudi super-tanker, carrying 100 million dollars of oil, anchored Tuesday off a infamous Somali pirate port as sea gangs struck again and seized a Hong Kong cargo ship.