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| Oil tanker with 24 Indian sailors |
| Oil tanker with 24 Indian sailors hijacked near West Africa
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| INDIA
, 17-July-2013
3:49:40 AM |
| A Turkish oil-chemical tanker with an all Indian crew of 24 has been hijacked by pirates off the coast of the West African nation Gabon.
MV Cotton, the Malta-flagged vessel, was taken over by suspected pirates 15 miles off the Gentil Port early on Monday, a statement from V Ships, the crew manager for the vessel owned by a Turkish company, said.
The oil products and chemical tanker lost contact with its Turkish owner 'Geden Lines' after leaving Port Gentil in Gabon early Monday morning, an official at Turkey's foreign ministry in Ankara was quoted by media reports as saying.
Satellite data showed the vessel heading northwards towards Nigeria early Tuesday, the official added.
Later in the day, Geden told Turkish officials that the vessel may have redirected its course towards the Ivory Coast, the foreign ministry said.
"The ship was hijacked during night. All officials were informed about the hijack. Unfortunately, the ship is sailing now. There is no contact with the crew. We are cooperating with Cameroon and Nigeria," Ahmet Riza Demirer, Turkish Ambassador to Gabon, was quoted by media reports as saying.
The Foreign Ministry official said Demirer is in contact with local authorities and Geden Lines has reached out to ambassadors in Gabon, Ghana and the Ivory Coast.
Captain Shishir Wahi, 54, took over the command of the vessel on July 12.
"Basically, the company has not got any news. We spoke to them yesterday, they have been really cooperative, they have been staying in touch with us. But we haven't got any new news," Richa Wahi, Captain Wahi's daughter told a TV channel from Kolkata.
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