UPDATE: Brazilian Sugar Vessel Hijacked In Indian Ocean - NATO
By Neena Rai
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
LONDON (Dow Jones)--A vessel loaded with Brazilian sugar destined for Iran has been hijacked in the eastern Indian Ocean Monday, according to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's shipping center.
Somali pirates are suspected of carrying Monday's attack, a spokeswoman for NATO's shipping centre told Dow Jones Newswires.
According to AIS Marine Traffic shipping data, the Bolivian-flagged vessel was destined for Bandar Imam Khomeini port in Iran.
A total of 23 crew were on board but their nationalities aren't known.
Sourcing food commodities and oil for many nations is becoming increasingly tricky because dry cargo carriers and crude tankers must travel through areas such as the Gulf of Aden, a region prone to Somali hijackings.
Of the 439 pirate attacks during 2011, 275 took place off the coast of Somalia or in the Gulf of Guinea, off the west coast of Africa. The report shows that Somali pirate attacks were mainly concentrated where the Arabian Sea meets the Gulf of Aden, although 2011 marked the first hijacking by Somali pirates of an anchored vessel from the territorial waters of a foreign state, that of Oman.
-By Neena Rai, Dow Jones Newswires; 4420-7842-9450; neena.rai@dowjones.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
26-03-12 1554GMT
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