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Pirates hijack Greek oil tanker off Oman
Somali pirates are having a free run in the region’s waters and their striking range now covers the Arabian Sea.
In the fourth such incident in the Arabian Sea in two months, a Greek tanker fell prey to the hijackers on Wednesday morning near the Omani coast.
The Bahrain-based Combined Maritime Forces confirmed the attack and said the MV Irene SL had gone missing 220 nautical miles from Oman. Lieutenant-Commander Susie Thomson of the CMF, a coalition of 25 navies patrolling the maritime areas of the region, said the missing ship’s last port of call was Fujairah in the UAE.
‘‘We can confirm the hijacking of the MV Irene SL, an oil tanker, 220 nautical miles East of the coast of Oman. The last port of call was Fujairah. There were 25 crew on board,’’ she said.
Earlier, the Asssociated Press, quoting the Greek Merchant Marine Ministry, said the tanker carried 266,000 tonnes of crude oil and the 25-member crew included seven Greeks, 17 Filipinos and a Georgian. It earlier mistakenly identified one of the crew as Ukrainian.
The tanker was sailing from the Arabian Gulf to the Gulf of Mexico. The ministry said it had lost contact with the ship.
The Piraeus-based shipping company, First Navigation Special Maritime Enterprises, confirmed its ship had been attacked but declined further comment.
On Sunday, the Indian Navy and Coast Guard foiled an attack on a Bahamas-flagged vessel near Lakshwadeep Islands, capturing 15 alleged Somali pirates. This follows the killing of 15 pirates on January 29, again near Lakshwadeep Islands by the Indian Navy. A Syrian ship with 25 crew was captured on January 11 in the north Arabian Sea. Wing Commander Paddy O’Kennedy of the European Union Naval Force for Somalia, said the criminals were changing their tactics due to the increased patrolling by navies near the Somalia coast. ‘‘They are also using ‘motherships’ (previously pirated vessels which the crew are forced to operate at gun point to then pirate other vessels in turn) more widely now.’’
‘‘They are following the prey — as merchant vessels transit further from Somalia to feel ‘safer’, the pirates are following them and attacking much further from their normal hunting grounds.’’
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