Somali pirates blamed for seizing second oil tanker in three months near Yemen0

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• July 18, 2026

Speaking to the BBC, three Puntland security officials separately identified the ship seized on Friday as a tanker truck called the MT Asana. They added that he was captured by seven armed men who had left a remote area near the Puntland port city of Garacad before heading to the Gulf of Aden. The MT