From Wall Street Journal:DUBAI -- The U.S. Navy said Monday that pirates commandeered a Saudi-owned supertanker hundreds of miles off the Kenyan coast, an attack officials said was unprecedented for its distance from shore and the size of its target.
The attack appears also to be the first significant disruption of crude shipments in the region by pirates, who have significantly stepped up attacks against shipping in and around the Gulf of Aden.
The U.S. Fifth Fleet said in a release that pirates attacked the Sirius Star, a Liberian-flagged crude tanker owned by Saudi Aramco, the kingdom's state oil company. It said the ship was operated by Vela International and had a crew of 25, including citizens of Croatia, the U.K., the Philippines, Poland and Saudi Arabia.
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My Comment: A 300,000 ton ship .... this is not a small ship.