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http://in.mobile.reuters.com/article/idINKBN0D901P20140423?irpc=932

 

KUALA LUMPUR/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Armed pirates raided an oil tanker off the coast of Malaysia and took three crew members with them, Malaysian maritime officials said on Wednesday, underscoring increasing threats to shipping in one of the world's busiest waterways.

 

The incident in the Malacca Strait, a route for about a quarter of the world's seaborne oil trade, has fuelled fears piracy could be on the rise in the area and drive up ship insurance premiums.

 

"We are very concerned," said Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau's Malaysia-based Piracy Reporting Centre, who added the ship was hijacked while sailing near the Malaysia town of Port Klang.

 

"It's the first time this has happened so far north in the Malacca Strait, and the first time they have kidnapped the crew. It's not an area where we have seen the modus operandi of ships hijacked for their cargo," he told Reuters.

 

Eight Indonesian pirates in a fishing vessel boarded the Naniwa Maru No.1 at 1 a.m. local time on Tuesday off the coast of west Malaysia, the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said.

 

The pirates pumped out about 3 million litres of the 4.5 million litres of diesel carried by the tanker into two waiting vessels and made off with three Indonesian crew members, including the captain and chief engineer, the agency said.

 

"There is a possibility that the abducted crew was involved in the hijack based on new leads and that their personal documents, clothes and belongings were taken along with then," the agency said in a statement.

 

The Saint Kitts and Nevis reigstered oil tanker, which was bound for Myanmar from Singapore, had been towed to Malaysia's Port Klang for further investigations.

 

Malaysian authorities are now working closely with their Indonesian counterparts to track down the two vessels and locate the missing crew.

 

GOING NORTH

 

Regional security officials have previously told Reuters that armed gangs prowling the Malacca Strait may be part of a syndicate that can either have links to the crew on board the hijacking target or inside knowledge about the ship and cargo.

 

Such intelligence-led hijacks have involved seizing tankers so that gasoil cargoes can be transferred and sold on the black market, the officials, who declined to be identified because they are not authorised to speak to the media, have said.

 

The stolen cargo is worth about $2.5 million, based on the average price of diesel this year in Singapore, data from British shipping services firm Clarkson shows.

 

The tanker is managed by Singapore company Pantec Chartering which was unable to comment when contacted by Reuters. The 4,999-deadweight tonne vessel had a 18 member crew of Indonesian, Thai, Myanmar and Indian nationals.

 

Insurance sources said the incident was unlikely to spark an immediate increase in premiums, but insurers would be concerned if there were several more hijackings.

 

Previous tanker hijackings and cargo thefts have taken place closer to Singapore, with five such incidents between 2011 and 2013, according to the government-to-government body Regional Co-operation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP).

 

There were eight armed robbery attacks in the Malacca Strait and around Singapore in the first quarter this year, compared with one in the same period last year, Singapore-headquartered ReCAAP said, although most were small thefts.

 

(Reporting by Al Zaquan Amer Hamzah; Writing by Niluksi Koswanage; Editing by Clarence Fernandez and Ron Popeski

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rescue? they said those kena kidnapped might be the accomplice

we go rescue them and kill them too onsite if they are found guilty.

 

say er.. died in cross fire. [lipsrsealed]

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we go rescue them and kill them too onsite if they are found guilty.

 

say er.. died in cross fire. [lipsrsealed]

Not dropped into the sea during the rescue and kenna the propeller blade/ drowned?

 

If msia can drop an alleged rescue floatation device from the MH370 flight...

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will the SEAL come to the rescue?

 

yes, i have heard the zookeepers at mandai are preparing the seals for action

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can we send our SAF men to rescue them?

 

please send AWARE there

 

and don't give them any additional benefits in housing, education and healthcare

 

-_-

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if really the crew involved , then their pay must be really damn low........

 

captain / chief engineer and one more, maybe chief officer?........pay should be better one.........


 

please send AWARE there

 

and don't give them any additional benefits in housing, education and healthcare

 

-_-

you wanna use their empty mouths and talk until the pirates give up?????

 

Guess they will all be shot 1st.... [thumbsup][thumbsup] [thumbsup]

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hope the crew watched captain Philips already

forgot to watch lol

Accomplish lar.. .... Kena kidnap will have the mood to pack their underwear to go along?..

yah pack out machiam cruise trip finish [laugh]

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you wanna use their empty mouths and talk until the pirates give up?????

 

Guess they will all be shot 1st.... [thumbsup][thumbsup] [thumbsup]

 

Send AWARE there to RAPE the Pirates ... They will never see that coming ... [laugh]

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Send AWARE there to RAPE the Pirates ... They will never see that coming ... [laugh]

the ultimate secret forces of Singapore. Operates seperately from SAF some more!

 

no wonder they kpkb say we don't deserve the perks lah!!

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Send AWARE there to RAPE the Pirates ... They will never see that coming ... [laugh]

no we need to send Chow Yun Fatt, the bulletproof guy haha

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