News / Hijack crews released as South-east Asia again becomes the top piracy hotspot

13/06/2014

Despite the release of the Fair Artemis, a 12,807-tonne Liberian-registered oil tanker hijacked by pirates off the coast of Ghana on 4 June, piracy and maritime crime in the Gulf of Guinea “continues to be an issue for the shipping industry”.

The vessel’s owners confirmed last ...

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