The Greek-flagged MV Irene SL (pictured) is the second major oil tanker in two days to be hijacked by pirates. CNNPirates Hijack U.S.-Bound Oil Tanker Off Oman -- Yahoo News/Reuters
LONDON/ATHENS (Reuters) – Suspected Somali pirates captured a U.S.-bound tanker carrying around $200 million worth of crude oil in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday in one of the biggest hijackings in the area so far.
The Irene SL, the length of three soccer pitches and with 25 crew members on board, was carrying about 2 million barrels of oil, or nearly one fifth of daily U.S. crude imports.
The hijacking came a day after an Italian tanker carrying oil worth more than $60 million was snatched by Somali pirates, reinforcing industry fears that the piracy scourge is "spinning out of control".
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More News On Today`s Hijacking Of An Oil Super Tanker
Somali pirates capture supertanker, $150M of oil -- Yahoo News/AP
US-bound oil tanker hijacked off Oman -- Yahoo News/AFP
Supertanker Attacked Off Oman Coast -- Wall Street Journal
U.S.-Bound Supertanker Hijacked by Pirates Off Oman -- Bloomberg
Pirates Seize Greek Supertanker Off Oman -- RTT News
Greek oil supertanker Irene hijacked off Oman -- BBC
Pirates seize Greek oil tanker -- Al Jazeera
Hijacked oil tanker seen as bad sign in piracy crisis -- CNN
FACTBOX-Pirates stalk shipping lanes -- Reuters
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