海上航行 339 天后返回家园

PLAN's South Sea Fleet conducted an anti-terrorism drill at high sea on Nov 17 with a rescue attempt against a hijacked “Cargo ship”

11月16日，南海舰队某猎潜艇大队与驱逐舰、导护艇、特种部队等兄弟单位，在海上进行联合反恐演练，部队协同作战与维稳处突能力得到锤炼和提高。

图为特战队员机降被劫持“货轮”的情景。 中国军网发 管伟华摄 （责任编辑：孙礼）

(Photo of a SpOps team descending on a "hijacked cargo ship")

And in two totally unrelated news:

Hong Kong cargo ship hijacked off Yemen coast

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20081118/tap-somalia-hongkong-china-piracy-unrest-900e8df.html

HONG KONG (AFP) — A Hong Kong-registered cargo ship was hijacked on Tuesday by pirates off the coast of Yemen and was believed to be heading for Somalia, government and military officials said.

The cargo ship Delight was carrying 25 crew members and 36,000 tonnes of wheat when it was attacked on Tuesday afternoon in the Gulf of Aden as it headed for the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas, the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua said, quoting the China Maritime Search and Rescue Centre.

A spokesman for the Hong Kong government said none of the crew was from Hong Kong, but did not give details of their nationalities.

"Our Marine Department knows that none of the crew onboard is from Hong Kong. We are following the matter up," he said, adding that he did not have any information about the exact location of the hijacking.

Xinhua said the crew were not mainland Chinese.

Meanwhile, a spokesman for the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in the Gulf confirmed the hijacking.

"We have very little details," Lieutenant Nathan Christensen told AFP in Dubai, adding that the ship was operated by the "Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines."

Asked whether the Delight was now heading toward Somalia, Christensen said: "We didn't have the specific location but we think this is the case."

The Hong Kong government's spokesman said that Donald Tsang, the territory's chief executive, had been informed of the situation while on a visit to London for talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

www.chinaview.cn 2008-11-15 00:34:23 Print