Seven LPG Tankers Seized by Pirates Last Year

Last fall, a tanker with a cargo of 1,731 barrels of propane left the Kenyan seaport of Mombasa. She was the York, a Greek-owned ship with 17 crew members on board. Shortly after leaving Mombasa, two skiffs reportedly tried to attack the ship. And on October 23, pirates succeeded in seizing the York. A Turkish […]