Oil Tanker Goes Missing After Pirate Attack

A Singapore-registered oil tanker has gone missing after it was attacked by pirates off the African coast. The case is being investigated as an act of piracy by the maritime security center for West Africa, Bloomberg has reported. The ship has some 20 crew on board. Success 9, built in 2003, can carry oil and chemicals, with a capacity of 40,000 barrels. The last time the ship’s location was reported was in late March, when it was in the Gulf of Guinea, according to MarineTraffic. Tanker piracy used to be a lot more rampant a decade ago but…