Business Recorder - News https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:01:54 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 09:01:54 +0500 60 UAE-flagged tanker with 28 crew including 17 Pakistanis hijacked by pirates https://www.brecorder.com/news/9388/uae-flagged-tanker-with-28-crew-including-17-pakistanis-hijacked-by-pirates <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/pics2011/mar/pirates_400.jpg" width="400" height="319" />DUBAI: In yet another piracy attack, a UAE flagged oil tanker with 29 crew including 17 Pakistanis was hijacked off the Horn of Africa, the European Union's anti-piracy taskforce said.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">The incident occurred when Kuwaiti-owned vessel was on its way to Singapore from Bashayer, Sudan.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">According to EUNAVFOR two pirate skiffs attacked the vessel at about 250 nautical miles southeast of the Omani port city of Salalah.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">Among the crew are 17 Pakistani nationals, three Jordanians, three Egyptians, two Ukrainians and one each from the Philippines, India, Croatia and Iraq.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">This takes the total number of vessels currently under pirate control to 26.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">An estimated 582 sailors are also under pirate custody.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText"> </p> <p><center><b><i>Copyright PPI (Pakistan Press International), 2011</i></b><i> </i><br /></center></p> <p> </p> DUBAI: In yet another piracy attack, a UAE flagged oil tanker with 29 crew including 17 Pakistanis was hijacked off the Horn of Africa, the European Union's anti-piracy taskforce said.

The incident occurred when Kuwaiti-owned vessel was on its way to Singapore from Bashayer, Sudan.

According to EUNAVFOR two pirate skiffs attacked the vessel at about 250 nautical miles southeast of the Omani port city of Salalah.

Among the crew are 17 Pakistani nationals, three Jordanians, three Egyptians, two Ukrainians and one each from the Philippines, India, Croatia and Iraq.

This takes the total number of vessels currently under pirate control to 26.

An estimated 582 sailors are also under pirate custody.

 

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