Somali pirates seized a merchant ship after a five year hiatus. About it reports Reuters.
According to the Agency, tanker Aris 13, marching under the flag of Sri Lanka, the evening of March 13 announced that it a parallel course followed by two small boats. The next morning he gave the alarm, and then it was disabled beacon tracking system. The ship changed course and headed to the shores of Somalia, heading for the port of Kalula known as one of the pirate nests.
Aris 13 — tanker with a load capacity of 1.8 tons. The company owner Panamanian Armi Shipping, operator — Aurora Ship Management, United Arab Emirates. The crew — eight people.
This is the first seizure of a cargo vessel by Somali pirates since 2012. In previous years, the pirates of Somalia, where a civil war nearly paralyzed shipping in the Gulf of Aden. In 2011 year, there were 237 attacks on merchant ships, losses from their actions amounted to more than seven billion dollars. However, after international forces began constant patrols in the area, the attack stopped.