Malaysian authorities have arrested ten pirates and are hunting for three more after they were caught attempting to hijack a product tanker.
The pirates attacked the 1,980-dwt MGT 1 (built 1991) on Wednesday evening and forced the crew to transfer 1m litres of diesel oil out of 2.2m litres aboard the vessel to a mother ship.
However, the tanker’s crew managed to activate the SSAS alarm and the Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) dispatched two assets to the site and made the arrests.
