Business Recorder - World - Europe https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:51:54 +0500 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:51:54 +0500 60 Pirates seize Italian oil tanker, mostly Indian crew https://www.brecorder.com/news/2245/pirates-seize-italian-oil-tanker-mostly-indian-crew <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/somali_pirates_400.jpg" width="400" height="267" />BRUSSELS: Pirates seized an Italian oil tanker on Tuesday with a crew of five Italians and 17 Indians east of the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, EU naval forces said.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">The European Union's Atalanta mission to the seas off Somalia and the Gulf of Aden said the tanker was taken early on Tuesday 600 miles east of the island by a single skiff with five pirates.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">Spokesman wing commander Paddy O'Kennedy told AFP that the Italian-owned and flagged Savina Caylyn was "confirmed" seized and "is currently sailing west," towards the Somali coast.</p> <p><center><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011</i></b><i></i></center></p> BRUSSELS: Pirates seized an Italian oil tanker on Tuesday with a crew of five Italians and 17 Indians east of the Yemeni island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean, EU naval forces said.

The European Union's Atalanta mission to the seas off Somalia and the Gulf of Aden said the tanker was taken early on Tuesday 600 miles east of the island by a single skiff with five pirates.

Spokesman wing commander Paddy O'Kennedy told AFP that the Italian-owned and flagged Savina Caylyn was "confirmed" seized and "is currently sailing west," towards the Somali coast.

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