The crew of a Greek oil tanker Tuesday used water hoses and flares to repel a dawn attack by pirates off Oman, Greek harbor police said.
The crew of a Greek oil tanker Tuesday used water hoses and flares to
repel a dawn attack by pirates off
Oman
,
Greek harbor police said.
The Sikinos, which is owned by the Greek-based company Cycladic Maritime and
which has a crew made up of eight Greeks and 16 Filipinos, was en route to
China
, said
a company official, adding that the attackers were "probably
Somalian."
The attack proved that Somalian pirate gangs were increasingly "striking
further and further from their bases," the official said.
The pirates tried to board the vessel about 550 nautical miles southeast of
Oman
,
according to Greek police.
Sunday, Somalian pirates seized the Greek supertanker Maran Centaurus along
with 28 crew members. Monday, it was reported to be headed for the lawless Horn
of Africa state's coast.
The ship, with a crew of nine Greeks, 16 Filipinos, two Ukrainians and a
Romanian, was the second supersize tanker to be captured this year.
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