COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A container ship that is owned and operated by a German shipping group has been attacked by pirates off the coast of Guinea.
A spokesman for the Peter Doehle Schiffart and Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement company that is operating Maersk Tema told Denmark’s Ekstra Bladet tabloid that two small vessels approached the container ship Friday off Guinea.
“The staff on the ship saw that the vessels were approaching and followed the emergency procedures,” said Dustin Eno. “We have immediately reported the incident to the local authorities.”
The Maersk Group in Copenhagen, Denmark, said that despite the name, it was not one of their ships.
“We, of course, do our utmost to support in this terrible situation, the Danish shipping company said in a statement to The Associated Press.
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This story was corrected to show that pirates boarded the ship off the coast of the nation of Guinea, not in the Gulf of Guinea.
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