Two seafarers have been kidnapped from a CMA CGM chartered containership off West Africa.

Pirates boarded the 4,360-teu CMA CGM Turquoise(built 2009), owned by Dioryx Maritime Corp, which was en route from Lagos to Douala off Nigeria. The second officer and electrician are now missing.

A statement released on behalf of Dioryx said all effort was being made to find out what had happened to the men.

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