NATO warns hijacked vessel still being used as mother ship

NATO  is warning that although the recently hijacked MV SINAR KUDUS is now moving south towards the Somali coast, it can still conduct pirate mother-ship operations in the Arabian Sea area.

Today (March 22) at 0550 utc  the SINAR KUDUS was reported in position 14 20N 057 11E, Course: 228 / Speed: 11kts

SINAR KUDUS is the unarmed ship seized by Somali pirates March 16, that was used the next day to support a pirate  attack on the MV EMPEROR, which did have armed security on board with the result that the attack failed.

See earlier report

March 22, 2011