Maritime Team Foils Hijacking of Thai Tanker, Arrest 10 Indonesian Pirates
September 07 2017
Malaysian authorities say they have thwarted the hijacking of a Thai oil tanker off its northeastern coast, reports Xinhua, China’s state news agency.
On Wednesday, the MT Tanker MGT1 with 14 crewmembers was reported missing. The tanker was transporting 2.2 million liters (580,000 gallons) of diesel valued at about US$1.66 million, said the Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA).
A surveillance aircraft spotted the tanker on Thursday off the coast of the northeastern...
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