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Somali pirates captured the Singaporean chemical tanker M.T Parmoni with 24 crew members aboard in the Gulf of Aden on New Year's Day.
A UK-flagged cargo ship with 25 crew has been seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia.
The Asian Glory was taken 620 miles off the Horn of Africa, the Bulgarian foreign ministry said yesterday. The vessel, which has many Bulgarian crew members, is the second UK-flagged ship hijacked in days, after chemical tanker St James Park was seized on Monday.
British officials said there were no UK nationals on board. The exact time and location of the hijacking are not yet clear. The 13,000-tonne ship was reportedly transporting cars from Singapore to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.
It is estimated the ship could take up to three days to reach the Somali coast, from where pirates usually hold ransom talks....LINK.
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