Hijacked M/V PRAMONI Arrives Off Somalia
January 4, 2010 - 18:24On the morning of 1 January 2010, the Singaporean Flagged M/V PRAMONI, a chemical tanker of 20,000 dead weight tonnes, was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden.
At the time of the attack she was travelling eastbound with a destination of Kandla, India. EU NAVFOR in monitoring the situation can confirm that the M/V PRAMONI has now arrived off the coast of Somalia and is anchored off the pirate stronghold east of Eyl.
The main tasks of EU NAVFOR mission Operation ATALANTA are to escort merchant vessels carrying food of the ‘World Food Program’ (WFP), the protection of vulnerable ships in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean and to deter and disrupt piracy wherever possible.
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