The satellite communication system has been disabled – The crew consists of 20 people, among them a Greek
At his mooring Bandar Abbas in Iran since yesterday the Greek-owned tanker St NIKOLAS, flag of the Marshall Islands, of the Empire Navigation company, which was seized by a group of 5 armed men off its coast Oman.
The ship’s location was confirmed in a new memo this afternoon by the managing company Empire Navigation, adding that so far it has not been able to make direct contact with the crew after the seizure, as the satellite communications system has been disabled by the hijackers. .
He adds that from the first moment the incident occurred, the relevant Greek and international authorities as well as the relatives of the crew members were immediately informed.
It is noted that the Greek-owned tanker has a crew of 20 (19 Filipino nationals and a Greek cadet).
The tanker had loaded in the previous days in Basra (Iraq) a cargo of approximately 145,000 cubic meters. of crude oil bound for Aliaga (Turkey), through the Suez Canal. The vessel’s charterer is Tupras.
Source: Skai
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