2 million barels of petrol hijacked
The crew of captivity by Somali pirates supertanker "Sirius Star", owned by Saudi Arabia, is not threatened by anything - said on the Website of its operator company Vela International.
25 people were on board the tanker - RIA Novosti reported. According to a representative of the maritime forces of the United States, the board has the citizens of Britain, Croatia, Poland, Saudi Arabia and the Philippines.
To save people were operating groups working on safe release of people and the tanker. Representatives of command of the 5th fleet VMS U.S. located in the Gulf on Monday announced the capture of a Saudi ship of pirates of 450 sea miles east of the Kenyan city of Mombasa. Court was still imprisoned on Sunday, specifying the company - operator. According to local authorities for maritime assistance, pirates got the tanker in its main base on the coast of Somalia - the port Eyl.
Tanker was carrying 2 million barrels per oil, or nearly a quarter of Oil of Saudi Arabia for the day. The value of the cargo is estimated at over 100 million dollars. Tanker was bound for the U.S. on route circumfluous Africa and avoid the Suez Canal.
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