A German boxship has evaded hijacking by pirates off Somalia four months after it survived a similar three-hour armed assault in the same area.
A South Korean tanker attacked on the same day also managed to escape while a Taiwanese fishing vessel was also assaulted.
Hermann Buss’ 1,608-teu Delmas Nacala (built 1996) was chased for an hour by pirates in the far eastern part of the Somali Basin on Wednesday, TradeWinds has learned.
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