Days after the International Maritime Bureau(IMB) designated the Gulf of Guinea as one of the most dangerous shipping routes, 13 seafarers were kidnapped from a product tanker off the West African region.
The tanker bore the flag of Liberia. Named ‘Curacao Trader’, the piracy incident happened some 244 nautical miles south of Cotonou, South-west of Nigeria.
The ship is a 2007 built product tanker, saving a DWT of 11,300. Pirates attacked the ship on July 17.
Representation Image | Curacao Trader –...