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Navios Tankers Management thanked the UK authorities for their "timely and professional response". [5] Lawyers for the ship's owners, however, said no hijacking had occurred. [2] In December 2020, two of the stowaways were charged with conduct endangering ships and imprisoned on remand, while the other five remained in immigration detention. [2]
On 11 June 2015, eight Indonesian pirates hijacked the MT Orkim Harmony, a Malaysian tanker, in the South China Sea.The crew and the tanker were freed and recovered on 19 June near the southwest of Phú Quốc in Vietnam with the joint efforts of Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air Force, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Royal Australian Air Force, Vietnam Border Guard, Vietnam ...
MV Manifa (formerly MV Sirius Star) is an oil tanker formally owned and operated by Vela International Marine. [3] With a length overall of 330 m (1,080 ft) and a capacity of 2.2 million barrels (350,000 m 3) of crude oil, she is classified as a very large crude carrier or VLCC. [3]
On 13 June 2019, two oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz while they transited the Gulf of Oman.The Kokuka Courageous, flagged in Panama and operated by a company based in Japan, and Front Altair, flagged in Marshall Islands and operated by a company based in Norway, were attacked, allegedly with limpet mines or flying objects, sustaining fire damage.
The oil tanker SP Brussels was hijacked 120 nautical miles off the coast of Lagos, en route from Port Harcourt. Upon sighting the pirates, 15 of the ship's 17 crew members immediately retreated to the ship's citadel. 6 pirates boarded the vessel while the other 2 pirates manned the speed boats.
"The Marshall Islands flagged, crude oil tanker Samho Dream, previously reported hijacked approximately 600 nautical miles off the Somali coast in the early hours of 4 April has now arrived off ...
M/T Brillante Virtuoso was a Greek-owned, Liberian-flagged suezmax tanker damaged beyond repair as part of an insurance fraud, which involved a faked hijacking by Yemenis posing as Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden on 6 July 2011. [3]
A video shared on Facebook claims to show the Iranian Navy seizing a United States oil tanker in 2025. Verdict: Misleading The video was taken in 2024, not 2025. Fact Check: President Donald Trump ...