An oil tanker that has disappeared off the coast of West Africa may have been hijacked by pirates, potentially marking the most southerly such attack to date in increasingly dangerous waters off African oil hubs Nigeria and Angola. The MT Kerala, a Liberian-flagged tanker carrying fuel oil, is owned by Dynacom Tankers. A person working for Dynacom in Athens said that the company hasn’t had any contact with the vessel since Friday afternoon. “We don’t know if the vessel has been hijacked—it is a suspected hijack,” said the person, who didn’t want to give his name. Dryad Maritime Intelligence, a U.K.-based shipping intelligence firm, said that it had warned of a “suspect vessel operating off the Angolan coast” in the days leading up to the MT Kerala’s disappearance. If confirmed, this would mark the most southerly hijacking in the waters off West Africa for the purposes of refined product […]