Singapore: As of Tuesday, the situation continues to be classified as ongoing. No further details were provided.
The incident was first flagged by the Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade-Gulf of Guinea, a joint maritime monitoring effort by France and the United Kingdom. It said that an “unknown number” of pirates had boarded the tanker about 300 nautical miles south of the city of Abidjan.
It is not known if there are any Singaporean crew members on board. The Straits Times has contacted the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore for more information. According to ship tracking website MarineTraffic, Success 9 was built in 2003 and is owned by HS Ocean - a Singapore-registered company.Meanwhile, the UK-based security consultant EOS Risk Group had issued a warning advising vessels to keep clear of the area.
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