A UK tanker has reported having to take evasive measures after an approach by what appeared to be a fishing vessel way out in the Gulf of Guinea.
The incident involving Norbulk Shipping's 13,100-dwt Marshall Islands-flagged chemical carrier Valley Oak (built 2008) took place 198 nautical miles (367km) south of Cotonou in Benin on Wednesday evening, piracy reporting bodies said.
