Pirates Kidnap Twelve from Swiss Bulk Carrier
BY MAREX 2018-09-22 18:12:37
Pirates kidnapped 12 crew members from a Swiss bulk carrier in Nigerian waters on Saturday.
Seven other crew members were on board the Massoel Shipping vessel Glarus at the time. The vessel was carrying wheat between Lagos and Port Harcourt in the Niger Delta, and the attack happened around 45 nautical miles south west of Bonny Island.
The pirates apparently used long ladders and cut the razor wire on deck to gain access to the vessel and destroyed the ship’s communications equipment before leaving.
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None are believed to be Swiss. I hope they can get whoever out. It must be a constant danger to run into pirates. This is on the other side of Africa from Somalia where one hears about so much piracy.
