It was carrying 18,500 barrels of oil, safety officers from Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland area instructed the BBC.
The hijacked ship departed the port of Berbera, within the self-declared republic of Somaliland, on 20 February and arrived close to the coast of the United Arab Emirates shortly after the battle started, in keeping with the ShipAtlas web site.
The delivery map then exhibits it circling within the waters near the doorway to the Strait of Hormuz earlier than turning round on 2 April and making its method in the direction of Mogadishu.
Under the management of the pirates, the vessel, carrying 17 crew – 10 Pakistanis, 4 Indonesians, one Indian, one Sri Lankan and one from (*17*), has anchored near the Somali shore between the fishing cities of Xaafun and Bander Beyla.
Five extra armed males have since boarded the Honour 25, sources mentioned.
Officials imagine the hijackers set off from a distant space close to Bander Beyla. It is unclear how they have been in a position to intercept and take management of the oil tanker.
Neither the Somali authorities nor the European Naval Force, which oversees anti-piracy operations in Somali waters, has launch an announcement on the hijacking.
