Overseas media report {that a} gas tanker working past Yemeni territorial waters has been hijacked by a gaggle of Somali pirates.
The Yemeni Coast Guard acknowledged that the vessel, named MT Eureka, had been seized and was heading in direction of Somalia.
Reviews additional point out that the vessel was captured by pirates within the Gulf of Aden, close to the port of Qana.
On the time of the hijacking, the tanker was crusing underneath the flag of Togo, in response to overseas media reviews.
The vessel is reported to belong to a Sharjah-based transport firm within the United Arab Emirates, and had departed from Fujairah round eight days earlier earlier than anchoring close to the port of Al Mukalla alongside the Yemeni coast.
Overseas media additionally be aware that this marks the second gas tanker hijacking inside a interval of ten days.
