Somali pirates hijack German gas tanker

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Somali pirates hijacked the German gas tanker MV Longchamps and its 13-man crew on Jan. 29 in the Gulf of Aden. It is the third ship captured off the Horn of Africa this month. The MV Longchamps, registered in the Bahamas, is managed by the German firm Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, which said in a statement that seven pirates boarded the tanker early Jan. 29.


Somali pirates hijack German gas tanker
By Katharine Houreld - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday Jan 29, 2009 10:58:46 EST

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates hijacked a German gas tanker and its 13-man crew Thursday in the Gulf of Aden, the third ship captured off the Horn of Africa this month.

The MV Longchamp, registered in the Bahamas, is managed by the German firm Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement, which said in a statement that seven pirates boarded the tanker early Thursday.

Spokesman Andre Delau said the ship’s master had been briefly allowed to communicate with the firm and had said the crew of 12 Filipinos and one Indonesian were safe.

“We think that everything is in order; nobody is injured,” he told the Associated Press.

No ransom demands have been made yet, the company said.


Rest of article at: http://navytimes.com/news/2009/01/ap_somalia_hijacking_012909/%2e