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14 Filipino, 7 Ukrainians on captured Greek ship
(AFP)
5 November 2009,
5 November 2009,
BRUSSELS - A Greek cargo ship hijacked by pirates in the south Somali basin was carrying a crew of 14 Filipinos and seven Ukrainians, the European Union’s naval mission to the region said Thursday.
The Delvina, which had a cargo of wheat, was heading for Mombasa, Kenya from the Mediterranean when it was captured 280 nautical miles east of the Tanzanian coast, Greek port police earlier said.
The vessel “has now turned around and is heading north,” said a statement by EU-NAVFOR. “The ship is approximately 300 miles southeast of Mombasa.”
The ship has Greek owners and flies a Marshall Islands flag.
Another Panamanian-flagged Greek ship, Theophoros I, was attacked early Thursday in the Gulf of Aden but the crew chased the attackers away using water cannon.
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