There are fears that a fishing vessel; HAILUFENG 11 may have been hijacked by pirates off Cotonou over the weekend.
Earlier reports indicate confirmed these fears when a representative of the vessel’s company reported that one of their fishing vessels, the HAILUFENG 11 which was believed to be in the general Cotonou and Lome area as at Saturday, may have been hijacked.
Reporting indicates that the AIS was off and all means of communications with the vessel have failed.
Additional information reports that last time the vessel was spotted; she was slowly heading East 080° at 9kts towards Nigerian waters.
There are 18 crews on board the fishing boat, including 8 Chinese, 7 Ghanaians, 3 Ivorians.
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