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Hong Kong grain ship hijacked by pirates, says report
A Hong Kong cargo ship loaded with wheat bound for Iran has been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the official Xinhua agency said on Tuesday.
- Agencies
- Published: 19:23 November 18, 2008
Beijing: A Hong Kong cargo ship loaded with wheat bound for Iran has been hijacked by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, the official Xinhua agency said on Tuesday.
There were 25 crew members on board, none of them from Hong Kong or the Chinese mainland. The ship was carrying 36,000 tonnes of wheat to Iran's Bandar Abbas port, the report said, citing China's maritime search and rescue centre.
A Saudi supertanker with a $100 million oil cargo was also hijacked on Sunday by pirates in the same area.
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