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Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 5:13:44 PM GMT+0100
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Nigeria pirates hijack oil tanker near Lagos
Wed, Sep 05 19:25 PM IST
LAGOS (Reuters) - Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker and its crew in
the waters near Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, the navyand a
security company said on Wednesday.
The vessel, called the Abu Dhabi Star, was seized on Tuesday night,
around 14 nautical miles from the entrance to Lagos port, navy
spokesman Kabir Aliyu told Reuters, adding that the crew members had
hidden in a room on the ship.
Security firm AKE said the boat wasSingapore owned.
"Reports claim the tanker was laden with fuel and is now sailing into
the Gulf of Guinea, which suggests that some or all of its cargo will
be offloaded into a waiting vessel and subsequently sold on the
region's illegal fuel market," an official at the companytold Reuters.
Piracy offshore of Nigeria and other countries in West Africa's
oil-rich Gulf of Guinea is on the increase, and the region is second
only to the waters off Somalia for the risk of pirate attacks, which
drives up shipping insurance costs.
It nets huge sums for armed gangsfrom stolen cargo, although unlike
their Somali counterparts they rarely ask for ransoms, releasing crew
as soon as they've looted the vessel.
A Greek-operated oil tanker seized off Togo at the end of last month
was tracked down on Wednesday off the coast of Nigeria under the
control of pirates. AKE said some 3,000 tonnes of gas oil, worth
around $3 million at market value, was stolen.
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From: Okechukwu Nwokafor <sapostiks101@gmail.com>
To: <sapostiks@yahoo.com>,<sapostiks101@gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 5:13:44 PM GMT+0100
Subject:
sapostiks101.sap101@blogger.com
Nigeria pirates hijack oil tanker near Lagos
Wed, Sep 05 19:25 PM IST
LAGOS (Reuters) - Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker and its crew in
the waters near Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, the navyand a
security company said on Wednesday.
The vessel, called the Abu Dhabi Star, was seized on Tuesday night,
around 14 nautical miles from the entrance to Lagos port, navy
spokesman Kabir Aliyu told Reuters, adding that the crew members had
hidden in a room on the ship.
Security firm AKE said the boat wasSingapore owned.
"Reports claim the tanker was laden with fuel and is now sailing into
the Gulf of Guinea, which suggests that some or all of its cargo will
be offloaded into a waiting vessel and subsequently sold on the
region's illegal fuel market," an official at the companytold Reuters.
Piracy offshore of Nigeria and other countries in West Africa's
oil-rich Gulf of Guinea is on the increase, and the region is second
only to the waters off Somalia for the risk of pirate attacks, which
drives up shipping insurance costs.
It nets huge sums for armed gangsfrom stolen cargo, although unlike
their Somali counterparts they rarely ask for ransoms, releasing crew
as soon as they've looted the vessel.
A Greek-operated oil tanker seized off Togo at the end of last month
was tracked down on Wednesday off the coast of Nigeria under the
control of pirates. AKE said some 3,000 tonnes of gas oil, worth
around $3 million at market value, was stolen.
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