Hong Kong registered ship hijacked near Yemen

It says the Hong Kong registered merchant ship is being taken to Somalia.

The crew includes 18 Indians, two Filipinos, a Bangladeshi and a Russian.

Indian authorities say they were alerted by Singapore's Information Sharing Centre, which received a call from an Indian cadet saying 15 pirates had boarded the vessel.

Fredi Stolzenberg from the tanker operator Stolt Shipping says the pirates have not demanded a ransom and all the crew on board are safe.