FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The hijacking of a Tanzanian-flagged chemical and oil-products tanker off Yemen’s southern coast has heightened concerns over a resurgence of Somali piracy in the Gulf of Aden, where dozens of attacks and attempted boardings have been reported over the past three months. The tanker, identified as the MT ASANA was seized by suspected Somali pirates on 17 July shortly after departing the Yemeni port of Mukalla in Hadramout Governorate, according to regional maritime authorities. RelatedNews LPG tanker on fire following strike while sailing off Romania Tankers reverse course following Houthi threats in the Red Sea var jnews_module_21378588_0_6a60965006603 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21378588","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"280,27,2172,239","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_ta