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Offline Fred Vloo

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Taiwanese boat, 14 crew seized by pirates off Madagascar
« on: October 08, 2010, 11:25:23 AM »
Pirates seized a Taiwanese fishing boat with  14 crew from Vietnam, China, Indonesia and Taiwan, in the most southerly and  ambitious raid by Somali pirates yet, European naval forces said Friday.

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Re: Taiwanese boat, 14 crew seized by pirates off Madagascar
« Reply #1 on: October 08, 2010, 09:34:02 PM »
Fred,
If this refers to the 'FENG GUO 168' it turns out this was a false alarm. The owners reported it as hijacked after they had been without contact with the ship for 2 days. However, by Friday afternoon the owner had changed its tune forcing the naval body to issue a fresh statement confirming that the boat had in fact not been hijacked at all.
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John J.
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