MTHappy Lady Photo: MarineTraffic.com/ K. Faasse

By Sotiris Nikas (Bloomberg)–Five Greeks, 2 Filipinos and also a Ukrainian were abducted by unknown attackers from the Greek- flagged vessel ‘Happy Lady’ while the vessel was secured 2 maritime miles from Limboh port in Cameroon.

The strike on the 28 crew-member ship happened in the very early hrs Tuesday, the Greek Shipping Ministry claimed in an emailed declaration. The Happy Lady is a chemical/oil vessel with a bring capability of 51,390 lots and also is had by Athens- based Eastern Mediterranean Maritime Ltd, according to information assembled by Bloomberg.

“We’re doing everything needed for them to be released and returned home,” Greek Shipping Minister Yannis Plakiotakis claimed in a social media sites message. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis asked the preacher to take what ever before activity required for the event to be gladly fixed.

A 6th Greek seafarer was harmed in the strike. Pirates abducted 4 staff participants in November from an additional Greek- flagged oil vessel while the vessel was anchored in the port of Lome in Togo

The event in Cameroon is being carefully kept track of by the Greek Foreign Ministry.

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