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| Posted: 6 May 2010 22:04 |
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IMB Piracy Report Incident Details: 05.05.2010: 2212 UTC: Posn: 13:06N - 048:37E: Gulf of Aden Pirates in skiffs approached a passenger ship underway and opened fire on it. Ship sent a distress message and enforced anti piracy measures and prevented the boarding. View 05.05.2010: 0518 UTC: Posn: 09:45.2S – 041:15.9E: Off southern Somalia. Pirates in a skiff chased a bulk carrier underway and opened fire on it. Security team onboard the bulk carrier returned fire resulting in the pirates aborting the attack and moving away. View 05.05.2010: 0413 UTC: Posn: 13:13N – 059:30E: (Arabian Sea) off Somalia. Pirates in a skiff chased and opened fire on a tanker. The tanker made evasive manoeuvres and contacted a warship for help. Later, owners informed that they had lost contact with the tanker and that the ship was not moving. They believed all crew had locked themselves. A navy helicopter is believed to have reached the tanker and established communication with the crew by radio. View 04.05.2010: 0200 LT: Posn: 06:17.9N - 003:21.5E, Lagos outer anchorwge, Nigeria. Seven robbers armed with rifles and knives boarded a bulk carrier during anchoring operations. they assaulted the MAster and 3/O. The Masters eye was injured and both the Master and 3/O received head injuries resulting in bleeding. The robbers damaged ships equipments, robbers Master's and crew cash adn personal belongings and escaped.View 01.05.2010: 2230 LT: Posn: 03:38N - 103:45E: Tg. Gelang: South China Sea. Pirates attacked a tug towing a barge and attempted to board her. The crew fired rocket parachute flares at the pirate boat and sent a distress message via VHF ch 16. A Malaysian warship in the vicinity responded and dispatched a helicopter to render assistance. The pirate boat managed to escape before the arrival of the helicpoter.The Malaysian authorities are investigating. View 02.05.2010: 0130 LT: Posn: Anyer Anchorage, Indonesia. Six robbers armed with knives boarded an anchored chemical tanker via the aft mooring stations using a rope attached to a hook. The duty watchkeeper was held by the robbers and threatened to take them into the engine room. the robbers stole ship stores and escaped after 15 minutes.View 01.05.2010: 0440 LT: Posn: 22:16N - 091:49E, Chittagong Anchorage, Bangladesh. Three robbers armed with long knives boarded a general cargo ship carrying out cargo operations at a mooring buoy. Duty A/B noticed the robbers who tried to catch him. The A/B ran to the gangway adn informed another A/B who raised the alarm. Robbers stole ships stores and escaped upon seeing the crew alertness. Coast guard informed. View 27.04.2010: 1300 UTC: Posn: 01:12.3N - 104:45.55E, Off Bintan Island, Indonesia While underway a tug towing a barge lost contact with the owners and is believed to have been hijacked. View 28.04.2010: 1848 UTC: Posn: 10:13.6N – 107:07.7E, Vung Tau anchorage, Vietnam. Two robbers boarded a container ship at anchor. Duty watchman sighted the robbers and vessel immediately raised alarm and ship’s horn. Robbers managed to escape with ship’s stores. Port authority informed.View 27.04.2010: 2145 LT: Posn: 06:10.10N – 003:20.92E: Off Lagos, Nigeria. 3/O on a product tanker noticed on radar a boat approaching from port bow. When Aldis lights were directed at the boat, the boat stopped and turned towards another vessel. Later, the boat approached the tanker from astern. Alarm raised. Pirates opened fire at tanker. Pirates attempted to board the vessel but failed due to razor wire around the vessel deck and the constant maneuvering. All ships in the vicinity informed via VHF. No injuries to crew.View 27.04.2010: 1333 UTC: Posn: 04:44.16N – 103:58.06E: 35 nm NE of Kerteh, South China Sea. Pirates boarded a tug towing a barge and robbed the crew of cash money, personal belongings and escaped. Malaysian Maritime authorities dispatched a patrol boat which arrived at the location and rendered assistance to the tug. Authorities are investigating.View 24.04.2010: Boma anchorage, Democratic Republic of Congo. Robbers boarded the tanker at anchor. They stole ship’s property and escaped unnoticed. View 25.04.2010: 0515 UTC: Posn: 13:46.2N – 042:57.7E, Red Sea. Pirate boats chased and attempted to board a bulk carrier underway. Master increased speed and carried out evasive manoeuvres. After about 80 minutes, pirates aborted the attempt and moved away. No casualties and no damage to ship. View 25.04.2010: 0523 UTC: Posn: 13:48N – 043:00E, Bab el Mandeb, southern Red Sea. Two skiffs were sighted at a distance of one nm from a chemical tanker underway. Suddenly, one skiff with high speed approached and came very close to the tanker. Four pirates armed with guns and an aluminium ladder was seen in the skiffs. Security personal onboard fired several warning shots in the air but the pirates kept approaching. Finally the security personal fired closed to the skiffs and the pirates aborted the attempted attack.View 25.04.2010: 0348 UTC: Posn: 17:59n – 065:49e, around 760 nm from Socotra island (Arabian Sea), off Somalia. Six pirates armed with machine guns and RPG in a white coloured skiff chased and fired upon a chemical tanker underway with intent to hijack. Tanker contacted coalition forces, increased speed and took evasive manoeuvres. Pirates attempted to board the tanker several times but unable due to the evasive manoeuvres and finally they aborted the attempt. No injuries to crew.View 25.04.2010: 0215 UTC: Posn: 18:06N – 065:47E, around 760 nm from Socotra island (Arabian Sea), off Somalia. Four pirates armed with machine guns and RPG in a white coloured skiff chased and fired upon a tanker underway with intent to hijack. Ship raised alarm, sent distress message, increased speed, took evasive manoeuvres and crew locked all accommodation doors. Pirates tried to board the ship using a steel ladder and hooks attached to ropes. They fired RPG at the accommodation and the ship continued with her evasive manoeuvres. After several attempts, finally pirates aborted the attempted boarding. No injuries to crew.View END REPORT
____________________ David USCG Licensed Master (1985 - current) USSF (Retired) ============================== |
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