An Egyptian ship with a crew of 28 carrying fertilizer was seized off the Somali Coast, the latest victim of piracy, an Egyptian official said on Thursday according to DPA. Some 15 heavily armed pirates captured the ship Blue Star, which is now on its way to the Somalian coast, Ahmed Rizk, assistant to Egypt's Foreign Minister said in a press statement. The crew were all Egyptians, he said. "The ship carried 6,000 tons of urea fertilizers. It was heading east from Mandab Strait, which connects the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, but then it went towards the Somalian Coast," Rizk said. Egypt is currently negotiating to release the ship and its crew. Egyptian officials have contacted European authorities about the case, he said.
