A Vietnamese-owned chemical tanker has been subjected to a suspected piracy attempt just off the coast of Singapore.

The incident took place late last week and involved the 15,400-dwt Great Sailor (built 1999), according to the Singapore-based Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre.

It occurred in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS), eastbound lane of Singapore Straits about 2.8