Somali pirates have captured a British-owned ship operated by an Italian company.
Andrew Mwangura of the Mombasa-based East African Seafarers' Assistance Programme said 'A 32,000-tonne bulk carrier was seized early this morning.'
'It is UK-owned but operated by Italians. The crew is mixed but we are not sure of their nationalities,' he added.
Over the weekend, a French yacht and a Yemeni tug were captured off Somalia, but there were no further details.
Mr Mwangura said a 20,000-tonne German container vessel seized last Saturday was the Hansa Stavanger.
