Panamanian-flagged MV Hannibal II tanker was pirated early on the morning of Nov. 11, en route from Malaysia to Suez. The 24,105-ton chemical tanker was carrying vegetable oils from Pasir Gudang to Suez. The ship master reported that he had been attacked and boarded by pirates in an area some 860 nautical miles East of The Horn of Africa which is considerably closer to India than it is to Somalia.
The MV Hannibal II has a total of 31crew on board. This number consists of 23 Tunisians, 4 Filipinos, 1 Croatian, 1 Georgian, 1 Russian and 1 Moroccan.