REGIONAL/SOMALIA

 

Pirates Capture Tanker Offshore Oman, EU Fires Warning Shot

Somali pirates hijacked a Greek-owned oil tanker off the Horn of Africa on 11 May, estimated to have been carrying close to 1mn barrels of crude oil, the London-based International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has confirmed. The Liberian-flagged MT Smyrni – managed by Greece’s Dynacom – had been on its way from Turkey to Indonesia when it was seized approximately 250...