Singapore tanker 'seized by pirates' off Somalia
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A Singapore-registered ship with 19 Chinese sailors onboard was hijacked on Monday in the Gulf of Aden, where Somali pirates have menaced ocean traffic, the Singaporean and Chinese governments said.
The MT Golden Blessing was on its way from Saudi Arabia to India when it was boarded off East Africa, said a brief Chinese-language report on the Chinese Ministry of Transport's website. "Currently, a rescue operation is under way," said the report, which said the vessel was a container ship. (Reuters)
