A Bangladesh-flagged vessel “MV Abdullah” was hijacked with 23 crew members onboard by armed Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean on its way to Dubai from Mozambique on Tuesday.
The bulk carrier of SR Shipping, a concern of Kabir Group, was carrying some 58,000 tonnes of thermal coal.
Sources from the Shipping Ministry said that the seagoing ship was going to Dubai from Mozambique with coal. En route, pirates attacked and took control of the ship in the Gulf of Aden. Many of them have weapons.
Officials told the media that about 100 pirates took control of the ship at sea, about 450 nautical miles from Somalia.
They also said that the ship's sailors are safe. International procedures are being followed to rescue them.
Bd-pratidin English/Tanvir Raihan
