LNG tanker successfully outruns Somali pirates in new attack

The master reported that the tanker, which was en route from Ras Laffan, Qatar, to Swinoujscie, Poland via the Cape of Good Hope, outran the speedboat, the sources said. The vessel’s operator, Japan’s NYK LNG Shipmanagement, could not immediately be reached for comment.

(Reporting by Renee Maltezou, Jonathan Saul, Yannis Souliotis and Alexander Winning; Editing by Joe Bavier)