Somalia piracy: Hijackers seize oil tanker and take 17 crew hostage
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…