Pirates seize tanker and 23 crew
Pirates seized a Cyprus-flagged tanker with 23 crew on board Wednesday off the coast of the West African country of Benin, the latest in a wave of such attacks, the International Maritime Bureau said.
Somali pirates armed with rocket- propelled grenades and automatic guns hijacked a chemical tanker off East Africa with 22 crew members, a majority of them Indians, on board, the European Union Naval force said today.