A Dynacom tanker is feared hijacked off Angola in an incident which has created fears surrounding the spread of piracy off West Africa.
The 74,998-dwt Kerala (built 2009) vanished while fully laden with gas oil and was last sighted 150 nautical miles from the Angola coast.
Experts are drawing parallels with the hijack of Geden’s 37,800-dwt Cotton (built 2007) in an unprecedented attack less than 20 nautical miles north of Port Gentil last year.
See attached file: Dynacom tanker missing.pdf
Dynacom油轮失踪
Dynacom旗下1艘油轮恐怕已在安哥拉海域遭到劫持；此事引发业界对西非海盗活动范围扩大的担忧。
7.4998万吨位的Kerala轮（造于2009年）日前在运送（满载）柴油的途中失踪，其最后所知方位是在距离安哥拉沿岸150海里处。
专家指出，这起事件与去年Geden旗下3.78万吨位的Cotton轮（造于2007年）被劫时的情形非常相像。那次的事发地点距离让蒂尔港(Port Gentil)北部不到20海里，而该海域此前也从未发生过此类事件。
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