<p>The Virgin Islands-owned cargo ship MV Talca also has a Filipino and a Syrian on board, Andrew Mwangura, the East Africa coordinator of Seafarers Assistance Programme, told Xinhua news agency.<br /><br />"The Talca was hijacked in Gulf of Aden Tuesday afternoon. It is a cargo vessel, Bermuda-flagged and managed in Britain," Mwangura said. The ship was on its way to Bushier in Iran, from Sokhna in Egypt.<br />"The hijacking took place about 120 nautical miles off the coast of Oman," the Kenyan official said.<br /><br />The incident took place after the ship passed through the International Recommended Transit Corridor, patrolled by warships and maritime patrol aircraft.<br />The pirates Tuesday seized the Turkey-owned, Malta-flagged MV Frigia with 21 crew members on board.<br /></p>
<p>The Virgin Islands-owned cargo ship MV Talca also has a Filipino and a Syrian on board, Andrew Mwangura, the East Africa coordinator of Seafarers Assistance Programme, told Xinhua news agency.<br /><br />"The Talca was hijacked in Gulf of Aden Tuesday afternoon. It is a cargo vessel, Bermuda-flagged and managed in Britain," Mwangura said. The ship was on its way to Bushier in Iran, from Sokhna in Egypt.<br />"The hijacking took place about 120 nautical miles off the coast of Oman," the Kenyan official said.<br /><br />The incident took place after the ship passed through the International Recommended Transit Corridor, patrolled by warships and maritime patrol aircraft.<br />The pirates Tuesday seized the Turkey-owned, Malta-flagged MV Frigia with 21 crew members on board.<br /></p>