NVDL: Energy and resource security is going to become more and more of a problem as the number of have-nots and economic losers escalate.
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- A chemical tanker with 30 crew has become the latest ship to be hijacked off Somalia, a commercial shipping expert said Friday.
The Liberian-flagged Biscaglia is carrying 25 Indians, two Bangladeshis, and three Britons, said Andrew Mwangura, the head of the Kenya Seafarers Association.
Around 20,000 oil tankers, freighters and merchant vessels pass along the crucial shipping route each year.
So far this year, pirates have attacked almost 100 vessels off the coast of Somalia coast and successfully hijacked nearly 40, according to the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Center.
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