28/08/2012 16:20
Pirates hijacked a Greek-owned oil tanker
Pirates hijacked a Greek-owned oil tanker off Togo on Tuesday in the second attack in less than two weeks in the Gulf of Guinea, the International Maritime Bureau said, cited by AFP.
The Isle of Man-flagged vessel, which had 24 crew on board and was carrying gas oil, was seized 17 miles off the Togo capital of Lome, where it had reportedly been anchored, said Noel Choong, head of the IMB's Malaysia-based piracy reporting centre.
The hijackers exchanged fire with a Togo navy patrol boat that answered a distress call but managed to elude the patrol by steaming off aboard the tanker, Choong said.