The hijacked Bangladeshi ship was moving towards Somali and on Thursday spotted 400 nautical miles off the Somali coast, said Meherul Karim, general manger of Brave Royal Shipping limited.The ship operating company could neither make any contact with the crewmembers of MV Jahan Moni nor Somali pirates who captured the vessel in the Arabian Sea on Sunday, he added.Mercantile Marine Department of Bangladesh that is monitoring the ship via a satellite said it cannot contact with the ship directly due to lack of some technical facilities, reports our staff correspondent in Chittagong.Meanwhile, Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan on Wednesday held a meeting at his ministry where the ship's Chairman Md Shahjahan, Shipping Department Director General (DG) Rear Admiral Bazlur Rahman and foreign ministry officials were present among others.The minister at the meeting assured them of proving all kinds of support on behalf of the government, Meherul said.The vessel, with 25 crewmembers and the wife of its chief engineer was spotted 600 nautical miles off the Somali coast on Wednesday and around 850 nautical miles on Tuesday while it was traced some 1,100 nautical miles away from the coast on Monday.
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