An onboard ‘citadel’ once again saved a Greek ship and its crew from pirate clutches after a bulker was boarded off Somalia.
The failed hijacking attempt on the 45,700-dwt Go Trader (built 1996) will have come as a particular relief to manager Evalend Shipping which still has an owned tanker under pirate seizure.
The Malta-flagged handymax reported coming under attack from pirates in one skiff early on Saturday morning, a statement from counter-piracy task force EU NAVFOR read.
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