“This morning a contact was established between the Somali negotiators and the response team formed by the company to resolve the issue,” said Ferdi Stolzeberg of MTI (Network Asia-Hong Kong).According to Stolzenberg, talks between the negotiators of the Somali pirates and the companyofficials hovered on the return and safety of the crew members that include 21 Indians. Soon after the hijack, the ship was tracked down to Somali waters, but maritime officials and company executives were unable to fathom out the probable final destination of the vessel.Till Tuesday, when the hijacked vessel finally dropped anchor at Garacad, the vessel after leaving Salalah, moved towards the northern coast of Somalia with an intention anchor in that region. However, it is presumed that rough weather at Bandar Beyla made anchoring difficult and thus the ship went towards Garacad port point from where more pirates boarded the vessel. According to maritime intelligence, there are three separate Somali groups running piracy on high seas. They have earmarked the turf along the coastlineas northern, central and southern. Each group reportedly has a distinct style of functioning. Even as the talks between the pirates and the companyofficials progress, the External Affairs Ministry intends to take up the issue of hijacking ship from a designated anchorage area. This is the firsttime that a ship has been hijacked from a designated anchorage area, considered to be a high-security regionas the traffic in this bay is monitored round-the-clock by port authorities.Ironically, even as the pirates were attempting to board the ship, captain of MT Fairchem Bogey flashed a message to the port authorities as well as to Omani Coast Guard. [More]Tags:saudi womancampaigner