Pirates kidnapped four crew members when they attacked a container ship off the coast of Equatorial Guinea, the vessel's management company said on Thursday.
The ship was 23,416-dead weight-tonnage ship took place around 130 nautical miles off the coast of the small West Africa."No injuries were reported among the remaining crew members who continued with the vessel to Senegal. The company is in contact with the families of those being held and those on board,"
Hamburg-based shipping firm Leonhardt and Blumberg said the four hostages - two Ukrainians, a Russian and one from the Pacific island nation of Kiribati - were taken when the Liberia-flagged Hansa Marburg was attacked on Tuesday by armed men.
A Greek-flagged oil tanker, Cap Theodora, was unsuccessfully attacked twice in the last week off the coast of Nigeria, close to where the Hansa Marburg was boarded, security sources say. They believe the attacks are linked.
The region is an important source of oil, cocoa and metals for world markets, but international navies are not actively engaged
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