The Thai-flagged tanker was reportedly carring 1,2096 tonns of lube oil at the time and was sailing from Singapore to Bangkok.
The ReCAAP incident report said that the pirates sailed the ship about 10 nautical miles away, where two tankers were awaiting to transfer the ship’s cargo. The report said that the pirates also stole the crew’s personal belongings and damaged the navigational and communications equipment before leaving the vessel approximately 6 hours after the initial hijacking.
After the pirates left, the crew sailed the ship towards Pulau Tioman to report the incident. The crew was not injured during the incident, ReCAAP said.
ReCAAP reports that this is the eighth such incident reported in southeast Asia this year.
Info from GCaptain.