Pirate Update - Faina runs out of food and water, and the pirates take an oil tanker

According to Russia Today, the crew of M/V Faina has sent a letter informing they have run out of food and water.

I suspect the Faina will be sitting there for a long time. No one wants to claim the cargo. Maybe the pirates will eventually give up. Especially since today they managed to hijack a Saudi oil tanker, the Sirius Star

The Sirius Star, which was commissioned in March and is owned by the Saudi oil company Aramco, is classed as a Very Large Crude Carrier, the second-largest classification. It was sailing under a Liberian flag and its crew includes citizens of Croatia, Britain, the Philippines, Poland and Saudi Arabia. A British Foreign Office spokesman said there were at least two British nationals on board.

This really is turning into a David vs Goliath. I think the pirates are now doing it for sport, as much as for the money.