Pirates seize British cargo vessel
Updated on 06 April 2009
A shipping union chief has called for tougher action against piracy after a British-owned vessel was seized by Somalians in the Gulf of Aden.
The pirates, sailing in two small rowing boats, hijacked the 32,000-tonne bulk carrier Malaspina Castle on Monday morning.
The Panamanian-flagged vessel, which was bound for China with a cargo of iron, had 24 people aboard from Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine and the Philippines.
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