A representative of the owners also confirmed the development to Prothom Alo. According to the website of 'Shipfix', which monitors the ship's location, the ship was moving at a speed of 10 nautical miles per hour. According to the latest updates the ship was spotted near the Somalia coast.
At around 1.30 pm Bangladesh time, a ship going from Maputo port in Mozambique to UAE was captured by Somali pirates. The ship is carrying about 50,000 tonnes of coal. The ship was in the Indian Ocean about 600 nautical miles east of Somalia's capital Mogadishu at the time of the hijacking, according to data from the UK-based Maritime Trade Operation.
The ship is owned by SR Shipping Limited, a subsidiary of Kabir Group. The ship was included in the convoy about three months ago.