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Tanker released, cargo stolen
The "Itri" was released on Jan 22 near the coast of Ghana according to the owners Brila Energy . The ship was now at Lagos anchorage in Nigeria. The ship was hijacked on Jan 16 at Abidjan. The pirates pumped off the 5000 tons of fuel which the ship carried and which had a worth of about 5 million Dollar. The 16 crew were trapped in the dining room of the ship. The Hijackers escaped. The ship was hijacked on January 16 at the port of the Ivorian city of Abidjan. According Rowaye Jubril, President of Brila Energy, the pirates of the five thousand tons of kerosene which the ship transported captured. The sixteen crew were trapped in the junior's officers' mess room of the ship during the hijack. An inspector has been sent to assess the damage done to the vessel.
ITRI hijacked off Abidjan, taken to the coast off Ghana
Armed men have hijacked a tanker carrying 5,000 tons of oil from an Ivory Coast port and taken it off the coast of Ghana, though its precise whereabouts is unknown, government authorities and maritime officials said on Monday, Jan 21, 2013. The Panamanian-flagged vessel ITRI was first seized on Wednesday as it was preparing to deposit oil at the port of Abidjan, Ivory Coast's commercial capital, said a statement from the Ivory Coast government, communicating for the first time on the case. The statement said officials located the vessel off neighboring Ghana, and that authorities were mobilized. The tanker, with 16 crew members aboard, was listed as missing, said Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau's pirate reporting center in Malaysia. He couldn't release information about the nationalities of the crew, but said in many previous cases, the pirates released the crew after they had siphoned out the oil and obtained any valuable cargo. The ship initially had trouble docking because a sandstorm reduced visibility, a government statement said. Later, the ship's captain radioed the port manager to report difficulty maneuvering. Shortly afterward, contact was lost with the vessel. Then ship consignee Koda Maritime informed port officials that armed men had taken control of the tanker. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324624404578255442010789374.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#
Itri seized off Abidjan
Armed men have seized the "Itri" off the Ivory Coast in the main city, Abidjan. The tanker was attacked as it prepared to deposit 5,000 tons of oil.
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