Attempted hijacking of oil tanker reported off Isle of Wight

Police and coastguard officers are dealing with reports of an attempted hijacking of a Liberian-registered tanker off the Isle of Wight.

The vessel, the Nave Andromeda crude oil tanker, was said to have been forced to anchor south of Sandown.

A Hampshire police spokesman said: “We are aware and dealing with an ongoing incident on board a vessel which is situated south of the Isle of Wight.”

Details of the incident remain unconfirmed. However the British PA news agency has cited reports of an attempted hijacking by stowaways.

Local lawmaker Bob Seely suggested the vessel may now be controlled by stowaways, during an interview with Sky News on Sunday.

"Isle of Wight Radio are reporting -- and they've got very good contacts in the Coastguard -- that despite being told not to drop anchor, the skipper has dropped anchor and the ship may be now under the control of stowaways on the ship," Seely said.

Two coastguard helicopters have been scrambled to the scene and were spotted circling the ship as it adopted an erratic, zig-zag course through the Channel.

An exclusion zone was set up south of Sandown. The vessel was reported to have left Lagos, Nigeria earlier this month.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/25/attempted-hijacking-of-oil-tanker-reported-off-isle-of-wight

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/25/uk/isle-of-wight-tanker-nave-andromeda-intl/index.html

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1352121/isle-of-wight-oil-tanker-highjacked-portsmouth-hampshire-police-major-incident-emergency

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