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Tanker found with crew safe on board and part of the cargo missing

Th e'Success 9' was located on April 14 about 65 nautical miles southeast of Abijan off the Ivory Coast, and was taken to Abijan same day. All 20 crew members were safe, there were no kidnappings. The tanker was loaded with unspecified oil product which was the main and only aim of the hijack, and part of the cargo had been siphoned.

No contact to captured tanker

The owner of the 'Success 9' vessel has not been able to communicate with the vessel, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on April 13, four days after it was boarded by pirates around 570km off the Ivory Coast on April 9 with 20 crew members on board. The MPA has contacted the other authorities in the region, including the Ivory Coast and Ghanaian authorities, in addition to the Monrovia Regional Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre. The Ivory Coast authorities have deployed their air and sea assets to the vicinity of the last known position of the vessel about 300 nautical miles from the city of Abidjan. The Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade also said that the vessel was not transmitting on AIS. Vessels in the vicinity were urged to report any sightings of the ship, or any suspicious activity.

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