PIRACY LATEST
June 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INDONESIAN navy has recovered a stolen oil tanker from pirates, who seized it near the Shell refinery at Port Dickson, the Malacca Straits. The International Maritime Bureau - part of the International Chamber of Commerce - provided important information about the ship, via its Piracy Reporting Centre in Malaysia. Acting upon this, the Indonesian military cornered the ship near the east coast of Kalimantan. The Malaysian-flag tanker MT Selayang was transporting 3,500 tons of gasoil.
THE INDONESIAN navy has recovered a stolen oil tanker from pirates, who seized it near the Shell refinery at Port Dickson, the Malacca Straits. The International Maritime Bureau - part of the International Chamber of Commerce - provided important information about the ship, via its Piracy Reporting Centre in Malaysia. Acting upon this, the Indonesian military cornered the ship near the east coast of Kalimantan. The Malaysian-flag tanker MT Selayang was transporting 3,500 tons of gasoil.
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