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MANILA, Philippines—Seventeen Filipino seamen and eight other foreign crew members of the oil tanker MV Irene SL are being held captive by Somali pirates who seized the Greek-flagged vessel on Wednesday in the north Arabian Sea, the European Union Naval Force reported on its website.
The latest ship hijacking, which was reported by EU-NAVFOR's task force Somalia, brought to 138 the number of Filipino sailors being held by pirates in the east African nation.
The EU-NAVFOR report said that the 319,247-ton ship was about 350 nautical miles southeast of Muscat when it was attacked by the pirates.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has yet to confirm the EU-NAVFOR report.
The vessel, which was on its way to the Suez Canal, has a crew of 25.
Aside from 17 Filipinos, the tanker has seven Greek crew members and one Georgian.
EU-NAVFOR said there was no "communication with the vessel and no information regarding the condition of the crew," but it was continuing to monitor the situation.
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The latest ship hijacking, which was reported by EU-NAVFOR's task force Somalia, brought to 138 the number of Filipino sailors being held by pirates in the east African nation.
The EU-NAVFOR report said that the 319,247-ton ship was about 350 nautical miles southeast of Muscat when it was attacked by the pirates.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has yet to confirm the EU-NAVFOR report.
The vessel, which was on its way to the Suez Canal, has a crew of 25.
Aside from 17 Filipinos, the tanker has seven Greek crew members and one Georgian.
EU-NAVFOR said there was no "communication with the vessel and no information regarding the condition of the crew," but it was continuing to monitor the situation.
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