Contact has been re-established with a Union Maritime tanker left without a crew after a raid by pirates off Benin on Sunday.
Manager V.Ships Ship Management (India) said a Togolese naval patrol boat had found the the 19,100-dwt chemical carrier Duke (built 2003).
Pirates abducted 20 Indian crew members from the ship 177 km (109 miles) offshore, leaving a lone Nigerian cadet onboard.
