Somali pirates captured a Singaporean chemical tanker with 24 crew members in the Gulf of Aden on the first day of 2010.

The 150-metre long, 20,000-tonne M.T Parmoni was on its way from Italy to India when it was boarded Friday and forced to turn towards the Somali coast, according to the European Union's Atalanta mission, based in Northwood, Britain.