LONDON (Reuters) - Pirates have released an oil products tanker and its 24 Indian crew after it was hijacked off the Gabon coast last week, the vessel's operator said on Monday, in the most southerly attack yet off the coast of West Africa.
A surge in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea region including waters off Nigeria, Africa's No. 1 oil producer and a significant source of cocoa and metals for world markets, is jacking up costs for shipping firms.
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