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| Southeast Asia |
| Piracy feared as Vietnamese oil tanker vanishes off Singapore |
| 2014-10-08 |
| Vietnamese authorities are searching for an oil tanker feared to have been taken by pirates just 40 minutes after it departed Singapore for Vietnam almost one week ago. The Sunrise 689 was carrying 18 crew and 5,200 tonnes of oil when it left Singapore's Horizon port on October 2, according to the Vietnamese News Service (VNS). The ship's owner, the Hai Phong Seafood Shipbuilding Join Stock Company, reported that it lost contact with the ship within an hour of its departure, VNS said. No trace of the vessel has since been found. VNS reported that Vietnam's Foreign Ministry had sent "diplomatic notes" to the embassies of Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and Indonesia in Hanoi, asking for assistance in finding the missing ship. Probably somewhere in the Southern Riau Islands. |
| Posted by:phil_b |
| #3 The eastbound shipping lane is in Indonesian waters. A ship leaving Singapore heading east would be in Indonesian waters in well under an hour. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2014-10-08 17:38 |
| #2 ...Less than an hour after leaving Singapore? Not a chance. The Singapore military is small but EXTREMELY skilled and professional, and they rule their home waters. This was a hijacking on board. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2014-10-08 10:43 |
| #1 Fuel for the missing Malaysian jet? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2014-10-08 08:01 |