Crew of tugboat seized by pirates 'unharmed'

The crew of a tug boat that was seized by pirates off Somalia are unharmed and have access to both food and water, the Danish owner said today.

An Irishman, four Russians and a British captain were on the Svitzer Korsakov when it was attacked on Friday by pirates off the coast of Puntland, a semi-autonomous region of northeast Somalia, according to Copenhagen-based shipping company Svitzer.