During the morning of 25 December, the Taiwanese owned fishing vessel FV Shiuh Fu No 1 reported being under pirate attack, approximately 120 nautical miles off the North-East tip of the island of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean.
No further communication with the vessel has been possible since the attack but strong indications are that FV Shiuh Fu No 1 has been pirated. The vessel, which has a crew of 26 consisting of Taiwanese, Chinese and Vietnamese nationals, was operating off the North-East corner of the island when it reported being chased by a skiff. Communications were then lost. The conditions of the crew or the vessel are not known.
Pirates tried to capture two ships in separate attacks in the Mozambique Channel over the Christmas weekend. It was the farthest south they have ever attempted a hijacking.
Pirates are currently holding 26 vessels and 613 hostages off the coast of Somalia.
No further communication with the vessel has been possible since the attack but strong indications are that FV Shiuh Fu No 1 has been pirated. The vessel, which has a crew of 26 consisting of Taiwanese, Chinese and Vietnamese nationals, was operating off the North-East corner of the island when it reported being chased by a skiff. Communications were then lost. The conditions of the crew or the vessel are not known.
Pirates tried to capture two ships in separate attacks in the Mozambique Channel over the Christmas weekend. It was the farthest south they have ever attempted a hijacking.
Pirates are currently holding 26 vessels and 613 hostages off the coast of Somalia.