Singapore ship hijacked
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NAIROBI - PIRATES hijacked a ship carrying a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze early on Monday off the northern tip of Somalia and took the 19 Chinese sailors onboard hostage, officials said.
The Singaporean-flagged Golden Blessing was seized inside the internationally recommended transit corridor in the Gulf of Aden that is patrolled by the anti-piracy naval coalition, said Lt Co Per Klingvall, a spokesman for the European Union's anti-piracy force.
All 19 crew are reported to be safe, he said. The ship was reported to be on its way from Saudi Arabia to India.
Col Klingvall said the 14,445-ton chemical tanker was carrying a cargo of glycol ethylene - which is used in antifreeze - when it was captured approximately 95km off the northern Somali coast. The vessel was moving toward the Somali coast after the hijacking.
Pirates rarely steal or damage the cargo of the ships they take, instead holding crews for multimillion-dollar ransoms.
The ship hijacked Monday is owned by Golden Pacific International Holdings Ltd and is chartered out to Shanghai Dingheng Shipping Co Ltd. In a statement, the Singapore Maritime and Port Authority said it 'is working with relevant government agencies and the ship owner, and is monitoring the situation closely'. Somali pirates hold more than a dozen ships and several hundred crew members.
-- AP
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i still think NATO can get an agreement together to go in there and wipe out the goddamned pirates
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Dont worry..
singapore can send thousand of special force. they die.
LOL..
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y the crew dun take come of the chemicals n splash onto the pirates?
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Originally posted by lohkinwah:
y the crew dun take come of the chemicals n splash onto the pirates?
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Originally posted by lohkinwah:
y the crew dun take come of the chemicals n splash onto the pirates?
poisonous
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So now it should be time for singapore to send their commandos in to save the hostages?
But the outcome will be that the commandos that singapore send will be captured by the pirates too
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No Singaporean hostages. All hostages are from China. But the ship registered in Singapore though.
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Oh, glycol ethylene, its blue and has a soapy feel on the skin, usually its used dilluted, in its pure form can cause irritation to the skin, like fibreglass fibres.
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My condolences......
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i thought mindef were supposed to send a maritime craft....but i did not hear anything thereafter. I was wondering where are they going to land and take off?