Missing Singapore tanker and crew found safe off West Africa
The Singapore-registered tanker Success-9 boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea has been found five days after it went missing and all the crew are safe.
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The Singapore-registered tanker Success-9 boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea has been found five days after it went missing and all the crew are safe.
The owners of the Singapore-flagged tanker have been unable to re-establish communications with the vessel.
The British and French joint naval operation operating in the region requested assistance from shipping companies in the area in an update on the incident.
The vessel has a crew of 20, of which one is a Singapore citizen.
The tanker Success 9 had 20 crew of various nationalities aboard, one of whom was Singaporean, when it ‘was boarded by unidentified persons’, officials said.