Somali Pirates seize Saudi-owned super-tanker
repost | 18.11.2008 12:30
This news item about the seizure of a Saudi-owned super-tanker by somali pirates at the weekend was hidden from newswire yesturday. Why, I don't know? It has been reported extensively on in mainstream media, but that doesn't mean in itself it warrants being excluded from this newswire.
Somali Pirates seize Saudi-owned super-tanker
sent by: blackbeard | 17.11.2008 23:23
Pirates have hijacked a Saudi-owned super-tanker fully laden with oil off east Africa
Pirates have hijacked a Saudi-owned super-tanker fully laden with oil off east Africa, capturing the biggest vessel yet in a zone where Somali pirates strike almost daily. The US Fifth Fleet said the Sirius Star was being taken to the pirate haven of Eyl, on the Somali coast, on Monday. It was captured 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya.
The vessel held a cargo of as much as two million barrels of oil — more than one quarter of Saudi Arabia’s daily exports. It is owned by Saudi Aramco.
blackbeard
sent by: blackbeard | 17.11.2008 23:23
Pirates have hijacked a Saudi-owned super-tanker fully laden with oil off east Africa
Pirates have hijacked a Saudi-owned super-tanker fully laden with oil off east Africa, capturing the biggest vessel yet in a zone where Somali pirates strike almost daily. The US Fifth Fleet said the Sirius Star was being taken to the pirate haven of Eyl, on the Somali coast, on Monday. It was captured 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya.
The vessel held a cargo of as much as two million barrels of oil — more than one quarter of Saudi Arabia’s daily exports. It is owned by Saudi Aramco.
blackbeard
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