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Somali pirates hijack UAE tanker

Posted on: Tue July 19, 2011

BRUSSELS (AFP) - Pirates have hijacked a petrol tanker belonging to the United Arab Emirates in the Indian Ocean and are sailing it to the Somali coast, the EU s anti-piracy body announced on Monday. Late on the morning of July 16, it was reported by the owners that the MV Jubba 20, a laden tanker, had been pirated in the northern Indian Ocean, on her regular route from the United Arab Emirates to the port of Berbera in the breakaway state of Somaliland, said the European Union Naval Force Somalia. The Jubba 20 is an oil tanker owned and flagged by the UAE with a deadweight of 4,831 tonnes, said a statement from the Brussels-based force.

Courtesy : Nation

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