 |
| Map showing Benin, its capital, Porto-Novo, and the Gulf of Guinea |
An oil tanker with a crew of 22 Indian nationals is missing
in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin in West Africa.
There has been no contact with the Panama-registered Marine
Express since Thursday.
The incident occurred less than a month after another vessel
was taken by pirates in the same area.
The International Maritime Bureau said the Benin navy was
searching for the Marine Express, which is carrying 13,500 tonnes of gasoline.
In January, a ship was hijacked in the same area but was
released six days later when a ransom was paid.
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said her government
was working with authorities in the region.
The ship is managed by Hong Kong-based Anglo-Eastern.
The BBC's Will Ross says that Africa's most dangerous waters
used to be off Somalia but, after the deployment of international warships, the
situation there has improved.
~BBC
0 comments:
Post a Comment