Crew released from twice-hijacked South Korean tanker

South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said today (25 November) that the crew on a South Korean-owned oil tanker has been released unhurt after the vessel was hijacked on 24 November.

The 5,700 DWT products tanker, B. Ocean, owned by SK Shipping, was manned by two South Koreans and 17 Indonesians when it lost contact around 7 am South Korean time on 24 November. At the time, B. Ocean was 200 nautical miles south of Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

The South Koreans were the captain and chief engineer of...

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