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NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- Pirates who hijacked a crude oil tanker off the coast of Kenya are approaching a Somali port, the U.S. Navy said Monday. The Sirius Star -- a crude "super tanker" flagged in Liberia and owned by the Saudi Arabian-based Saudi Aramco company -- was attacked on Saturday more than 450 nautical miles southeast of Mombasa, Kenya.
The crew of 25, including British, Croatian, Polish, Filippino and Saudi nationals, are reported to be safe
U.S. Navy Fifth Fleet Cmdr. Jane Campbell said the super tanker weighs more than 300,000 metric tons and "is more than three times the size of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier."
Oil industry insiders say a tanker of this size can carry up to 2 million barrels of oil, and the ship's operator, Dubai-based Vela International Marine Ltd, says it is fully laden. - Thomas Hawk
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Probably the same gang of Somali pirates who captured that Ukrainian ship with 33 tanks and military weapons. Interestingly, reports have shown that pirate "mother ships" travel far out to sea and launch smaller boats to attack passing vessels, sometimes using rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs). - Kevin Lim
I think somebody forget to remind these guys that the International Talk Like a Pirate Day is Sept 19, not November 17. - Thomas Hawk
...spawning a paramilitary industry of armed ship escorts? - Glenn Batuyong
I think it's time one of these governments got the balls to blow up one of these ships. I think the one full of tanks is should be the first target. Take it out, Pirates and all. If they don't this problem will only get worse. - Kenton
Has Kevin Costner been dispatched to take care of this yet? - Ken Sheppardson
Who would have imagined the Internet and Pirates co-existing in the same era? - Charlie Ramirez
@Charlie umm...the RIAA? :p - Neal "thePuck" Jansons
@kshep Steven Seagal :) - Michael Bravo
If you really want to be shocked watch the Weekly Piracy Report from the ICC for a while. Or Look at their live map of incidents world wide from this year. http://www.icc-ccs.org/index.p... - Bluesun 2600
Nice add on the Piracy Map. Though it's not surprising. The Gulf of Guinea has been non-stop lawless for millennia. - Christopher Harley
welcome to XXI century ;) just say loud "WE NEED CHANGE" - probably pirates will be scared off by Obama's speeches :) - silpol
That was hilarious, silpol !! +10 - J. D. Ebberly
unfortunately, the only practical approach is making Somali shoreline into "line of death on sea" - yes, this means fishers will be treated same as pirates. This is (almost) barbaric, but the only feasible way - "got your boat on water? say good bye to your life." ... wonder how this fits into corporate budgets... - silpol
House of Saud will rent USA navy for protection....Problem Solved. - imran
