Pirates seize German ship with 6 Pinoys off Oman

Pirates seized a cargo ship with at least six Filipino seafarers off Oman, the European Union’s Naval Task Force Somalia said Friday. In its bulletin, the EU-NAVFOR said the incident took place early Friday about 200 nautical miles northeast of Salalah, Oman. At least 10 pirates boarded the general cargo ship MV Susan K some 35 nautical miles from the Omani coastline, the group said. “The Antigua and Barbuda-flagged and German-owned vessel was on its way to Port Sudan (Sudan) from Mumbai (India) when it was attacked," according to the bulletin. The EU-NAVFOR said the vessel had four Ukrainian and six Filipinos on board. As of this posting, there was no further information about the crew. MV Susan K was registered with the Maritime Security Center-Horn of Africa and was reporting to the United Kingdom Maritime Trading Operations. The EU-NAVFOR said it is continuously monitoring the attack on the cargo vessel. — JE, GMA News