A maritime official says pirates have hijacked a Philippines chemical tanker with 23 crew members near Somalia.
Noel Choong of the International Maritime Bureau says the ship was heading to Asia when it was seized Monday in the Gulf of Aden by pirates armed with automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
The bureau has issued an urgent warning to ships to take extra measures to deter pirates. No further details were immediately available.
Normally such an article wouldn't raise much attention, especially since they've seized 8-10 other boats since the infamous MV Faina. But we couldn't resist, thanks to that last paragraph. "an urgent warning to ships to take extra measures to deter pirates"... duh?! Man, if you hadn't heeded the 487,563,192 other warnings before this one, why would this be the one that sinks in?
Previous articles...
GrogNews: Somali Pirates Make Guest Appearance on Bad 80's Weird Al B-Movie!
GrogNews: India Patrolling Horn of Africa
GrogNews: Where'd the Tanks Come From? Where Were They Headed?
GrogNews: Limeys Headed to Horn of Africa, Pirates Unavailable for Comment
GrogNews: Somali Piracy Climbing By The Numbers
GrogNews: Updates on the MV Faina and the hijacked tanks
By: Brant
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