Shots were fired at a Dynacom tanker which managed to avoid hijacking in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday, TradeWinds has learned.
There is believed to be no damage to the 150,000-dwt Samurai (built 2009) following the early morning assault closer to the Maldives than Somalia.
The officer of the watch onboard the Greek owner’s suezmax spotted a skiff being launched from a wooden dhow being used a mothership some 370 miles west of the Maldives.
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