A Tsakos containership has thwarted an attack off Nigeria after it was fired on by pirates.

Piracy reporting organisation Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade-Gulf of Guinea (MDAT-GoG) said the incident took place 119 nautical miles south-west of Bayelsa state on 21 February.

The 3,739-teu Irenes Resolve (built 2001), which is owned by Greece's Tsakos Shipping & Trading, was underway at 17.1