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British tanker attacked by pirates off Benin

(B2) An oil tanker belonging to the British company Union Maritime Ltd was attacked by pirates on Sunday (December 15) around 07:XNUMX UTC, off the coast of Benin

The MT Duke (credit: Union Maritime Ltd)

The MTT Duke, which flies the flag of the Marshall Islands, had left Luanda, Angola, and was en route to Lomé, Togo, when it was boarded. The crew (Indian nationals), managed by V Ships, were taken hostage.

(NGV)

Nicolas Gros Verheyde

Chief editor of the B2 site. Graduated in European law from the University of Paris I Pantheon Sorbonne and listener to the 65th session of the IHEDN (Institut des Hautes Etudes de la Défense Nationale. Journalist since 1989, founded B2 - Bruxelles2 in 2008. EU/NATO correspondent in Brussels for Sud-Ouest (previously West-France and France-Soir).

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