The Indian Navy on Friday rescued the crew of a merchant vessel after its attempted hijack in the Arabian Sea and said it had not found any pirates on board.An Indian Navy warship intercepted the Liberian-flagged MV Lila Norfolk bulk carrier less than a day after it had received a report that the vessel had been hijacked about 460 nautical miles off Somalia.
Lila Global announced it has added a second multipurpose product (MPP) vessel to its fleet.The UAE-based company, a shipowning and operating arm of GMS, said it has acquired the Lila Mombasa, a 30k DWT secondhand vessel with 1,800 TEU container capacity. The 2003-built ship is equipped with removable tweendecks for versatile cargo handling.