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Pirates Hijack Ethylene Glycol Ship

by Alexander H. Tullo
July 5, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 27

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Credit: EU Naval Force
The Golden Blessing
Credit: EU Naval Force
The Golden Blessing

Pirates have seized a Singapore-flagged chemical tanker, the MV Golden Blessing, in the Gulf of Aden, 90 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia. A European Union Naval Force helicopter, which was deployed when the German warship Schleswig-Holstein received a distress call from the Golden Blessing’s officers, spotted pirates aboard the tanker. The ship was carrying ethylene glycol from Saudi Arabia to India. Its last known destination after the hijacking was the Somali coast.

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