Security fears grow after hijackings and terror attack
ATTACKS on vessels in the protected corridor of the Gulf of Aden and a report that the attack against a Mitsui OSK Lines ship in the Straits of Hormuz was the work of terrorists have raised fears of escalating risks to shipping across the Middle East.
The hijackings of the 18,831 dwt, St Vincent and Grenadines-flagged Syria Star and the Egyptian-owned Suez occurred in the space of four days last week.
But naval authorities raised questions over whether either vessel had followed prescribed safety procedures, oversights...
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