Pirates that hijacked a bunker tanker off Somalia on Tuesday are demanding a ransom, according to the European Union Naval Force (EU Navfor).
It said it had received “positive confirmation” from the master of the 1,800-dwt Comoros-flagged Aris 13 (built 1991), that his ship and crew are being held captive by a number of suspected armed pirates in an anchorage off the north coast of Puntland.
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