Seafarers kidnapped from LPG carrier off Equatorial Guinea

A Portugal-flagged LPG carrier has been attacked by pirates off Equatorial Guinea, with at least nine seafarers reportedly kidnapped. Security firm Vanguard said the CGas Saturn was boarded around 50 nautical miles west of Mbini early Monday. The 2003-built gas tanker, owned by Denmark’s Christiania Gas, was sailing toward Malabo when the assault took place. …