The crew of a Japanese oil tanker have used powerful fire hoses tofend off an attack by pirates in the Singapore Strait. The International Maritime Bureau said pirates in seven fishing boats accosted the east-boundtanker near Indonesia’s Karimun Islands on Tuesday afternoon — the third attack on a Japanesevessel in three weeks in the busy shipping lane which carries more than a quarter of world trade.
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about 21 years ago
Oil tanker fights off pirates
The crew of a Japanese oil tanker have used powerful fire hoses tofend off an attack by pirates in the Singapore Strait. The International Maritime Bureau said pirates in seven fishing boats accosted the east-boundtanker near Indonesia’s Karimun Islands on Tuesday afternoon — the third attack on a J
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