Posted on 12 August 2009. Tags: Algeria, Anatoly Serduykov, Arctic Sea, Atlantic Ocean, cargo, CNN, defense minister, Dmitry Medvedev, English Channel, European, Finland, hunting, MOSCOW, piracy, President, Russia, Sweden
LONDON, England (CNN) — Russia said Wednesday it is hunting for a cargo ship which vanished after being involved in what appears to be an unprecedented incident of piracy in European waters.
The Russian-crewed Arctic Sea, carrying a 6,500-ton cargo of timber from Finland to Algeria, was last heard of two weeks ago when it passed through the English Channel, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.
Moscow’s Presidential Press service told CNN that Russian naval vessels in the Atlantic Ocean and “space-based” detection systems were searching for the missing boat after its failed to make its destination as expected on August 4.
President Dmitry Medvedev has instructed the country’s Defense Minister Anatoly Serduykov to “take all necessary measures to locate, monitor and, if necessary, to free the missing vessel,” a statement said.
The Arctic Sea is believed to have been briefly hijacked off Sweden shortly after it began its journey. Swedish police said they were investigating the incident but the boat had continued on its way, vanishing after passing the English Channel.
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