{"id":398250,"date":"2018-02-04T17:52:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T17:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=398250"},"modified":"2018-02-04T17:52:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T17:52:48","slug":"oil-tanker-22-indian-crewmen-missing-off-benin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/oil-tanker-22-indian-crewmen-missing-off-benin\/","title":{"rendered":"Oil tanker with 22 Indian crewmen missing off Benin"},"content":{"rendered":"
An oil tanker with a crew of 22 Indian nationals is missing in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin in West Africa.<\/p>\n
There has been no contact with the Panama-registered Marine Express since Thursday.<\/p>\n
The incident occurred less than a month after another vessel was taken by pirates in the same area.<\/p>\n
The International Maritime Bureau said the Benin navy was searching for the Marine Express, which is carrying 13,500 tonnes of gasoline.<\/p>\n
In January, a ship was hijacked in the same area but was released six days later when a ransom was paid.<\/p>\n
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said her government was working with authorities in the region.<\/p>\n
The ship is managed by Hong Kong-based Anglo-Eastern.<\/p>\n
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The BBC’s Will Ross says that Africa’s most dangerous waters used to be off Somalia but, after the deployment of international warships, the situation there has improved.<\/p>\n
There are now more attacks in West Africa. In 2017, there was more than an attack a week off the coasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An oil tanker with a crew of 22 Indian nationals is missing in the Gulf of Guinea off Benin in West Africa. There has been no contact with the Panama-registered Marine Express since Thursday. The incident occurred less than a month after another vessel was taken by pirates in the same area. The International Maritime […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":398254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[16812,16813],"yoast_head":"\n