Press Release: EU NAVFOR – ATALANTA: Two European Ships Hijacked

Two European-owned chemical tankers have been captured by Somali pirates in the past 48 hours. The 9 000-tonne Greek-owned and Panama-registered NIPAYIA was attacked 450 miles east of the southern Somali port of Kismayo on Wednesday (March 25 2009) afternoon and the Bow Asir, a 23 000-tonne,
Norwegian-owned and Bahamian-registered ship, was seized 250 miles east of Kismayo on Thursday morning (March 26 2009).