Somali pirates seized the ship for the first time off the coast of Oman.

SyuzhetyPiratstvo off Somali02.06.2009Pobyvavshy captive tanker was able to defend against pirates captured piratovSomaliyskie German dry-cargo ship "Sharel in the territorial waters of Oman, announced June 12, Reuters agency, referring to the representative of NATO.
An attack on a ship, traveling under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda occurred 60 nautical miles south of the city of Sur, located on the northeast coast of Oman. As the companion agency in this area of the Somali pirates have not previously appeared, usually working the south where the Gulf of Aden.
According to the interlocutor Agency, the pirates came to the coast of Oman in search of the most safe area of operation, as the Gulf of Aden patrolling warships. Captured the ship did not send the signal SOS; how many people are on board dry cargo ship is unknown.
After capturing a ship headed south, toward Somalia, and will soon go down in international waters, where the warships. Representatives of NATO, however, noted that the military likely will not take any action so as not to endanger the lives of seafarers.
According to the International Maritime Bureau, the number of attacks on civilian vessels off the coast of Somalia in 2009 has already exceeded the figure for the entire year 2008. As a result of 132 attempts by the beginning of the year, the pirates were able to capture 29 ships. According to Agence France-Presse, the pirates still hold 14 ships with more than 200 crew members.