Tanker with 22 Indian sailors goes missing off Africa

A tanker vessel, MT Marine Express, with 22 Indians on board, went missing off the coast of Benin, a West African country. Mumbai-based Anglo-Eastern Ship Management, which owns the vessel, said it lost contact with vessel on Feb 1. It is suspected the vessel which is carrying 13,500 tonnes of gasoline, may have been hijacked for ransom or attacked by pirates for gas.