Saturday, January 3, 2009

Chinese cargo ship shakes off pirate-boat pursuit in Gulf of Aden_English_Xinhua

"BEIJING, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese cargo ship shook off two pirate boats that were pursuing it in the Gulf of Aden on Friday, said an official with the country's maritime search and rescue center.

The ship, 'Chipolbrok Sun' is owned by the Chinese-Polish Joint Stock Shipping Company and registered in Hong Kong. The ship discovered two blue pirate speed-boats chasing after it at 12:40 p.m. in the Gulf's northern region, said Zhai Jiugang, head of the general duty room of the China Maritime Search and Rescue Center."

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