Pirates hijacked a ship carrying a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze early Monday off the northern tip of Somalia and took the 19 Chinese sailors onboard hostage, officials said.
The Singaporean-flagged Golden Blessing was seized inside the internationally recommended transit corridor in the Gulf of Aden that is patrolled by the anti-piracy naval coalition, said Lt. Col. Per Klingvall, a spokesman for the European Union's anti-piracy force.
All 19 crew are reported to be safe, he said. The ship was reported to be on its way from Saudi Arabia to India.
Klingvall said the 14,445-ton chemical tanker was carrying a cargo of glycol ethylene _ …
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