UK-flagged Tanker Repulses Pirate Attack in Gulf of Aden, Says Ship Manager
Consultant Symbol (Reuters)
Service provider ships were attacked lately within the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandab waterway by way of armed gangs in addition to militant teams.
- Reuters
- Closing Up to date: Would possibly 18, 2020, eight:27 AM IST
Dubai/London: Armed pirates attacked a British-flagged chemical tanker within the Gulf of Aden on Sunday however have been repulsed, the send’s supervisor Stolt Tankers stated.
The pirates approached the Stolt Apal in two speedboats some 75 nautical miles off Yemen, it stated, in some of the vital business routes for oil heading from the Heart East to Europe.
“After more than one caution pictures have been fired by way of the armed guard crew aboard Stolt Apal, the skiffs opened fire at the send. The armed guard crew returned fire, disabling one skiff and finishing the pursuit,” an organization spokesman informed Reuters in emailed feedback.
“A coalition warship (additionally) spoke back and Stolt Apal has resumed her voyage,” the spokesman stated.
He didn’t specify which coalition was once intended, however maritime safety assets stated the vessel have been crusing thru a transit hall patrolled by way of world naval forces because of the top chance of assault.
The spokesman stated the send’s bridge had sustained minor injury from bullets however that there have been no accidents. Not one of the send’s shipment was once broken.
British officers weren’t in an instant to be had for remark.
Stolt Tankers is a subsidiary of Norwegian indexed Stolt-Nielsen.
Service provider ships were attacked lately within the Gulf of Aden and the Bab al-Mandab waterway by way of armed gangs in addition to militant teams akin to Al Qaeda within the Arabian Peninsula.
A Saudi-led Sunni Muslim army coalition has prior to now accused Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi motion, which it’s been struggling with for 5 years, of seeking to assault vessels off the coast of Yemen with unmanned boats weighted down with explosives.
Maritime safety company Dryad World stated it was once the 9th reported incident within the Gulf of Aden this 12 months.
The UK Maritime Industry Operations (UKMTO) naval authority says in a caution understand on its site that it advises vessels within the space “to workout excessive warning”.
