Subscribe to RSS feedTankers forced into 1,000-mile detours to evade pirate attacks
BIGGEST: The VLCC Sirius Star, hijacked in November 2008, 450 miles south-east of Kenya was the largest ship captured by pirates, before Samho Dream, inset.
LADEN tankers are deviating even further on journeys from the Middle East to western destinations to avoid Somali pirates, provoking charter party disputes and adding at least US$16m in crude transportation costs to shipowners and charterers’ bottom lines in 2010. If you are already a subscriber, please sign in below. If you're not a subscriber and would like to experience the full benefits of Lloyd's List DCN with a 14 day trial, please click here. Alternatively, click here to subscribe.
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