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07/05/2009Dutch ship hijacked by Somali pirates: report

A small Dutch ship with eight crew members has been hijacked, says a regional piracy watchdog.

NAIROBI – Somali pirates on Thursday hijacked a small Dutch ship with eight crew members in the Gulf of Aden, a regional piracy watchdog said.

"Pirates seized a small Dutch ship with eight crew. It was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden two hours ago (around 0730 GMT)," said Andrew Mwangura, head of the East African Seafarers Assistance Programme.

He said the ship was the Dutch-owned MV Marathon, a small vessel built in 1976 and carrying coke, a coal residue used in steel making.

"It was heading westbound through the gulf when seized," Mwangura said, adding that the crew was believed to be safe.

The latest hijacking brought to at least 20 the number of ships currently held by pirates in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, together with more than 300 seamen.

On Wednesday, pirates released an Emirati-owned cargo they had captured five days earlier after confirming that it had been chartered by Somali traders.

But they also hijacked a German cargo, the MV Victoria, and its 11 Romanian crew despite the vessel registering its journey with the European Union's anti-piracy naval mission Atalanta and sailing inside the internationally-recommended transit corridor.

AFP / Expatica


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