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29.05.2020
European forces patrolling Strait of Hormuz, Middle East Gulf
The group monitored the seizure of a tanker in April. The eight-member European security mission to the Strait of Hormuz criss-crossed the waterway more than 20 times in March and April in its effort to ensure freedom of navigation in the region. European-led Maritime Awareness…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
27.05.2020
Eight crew members released after kidnapping from Maersk boxship
Bulgarian and Ukraine foreign ministers confirm release on Twitter. Eight seafarers have been freed after being kidnapped from an AP Moller-Maersk-chartered containership off West Africa last month. Bulgarian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva confirmed that the men had been released in a…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
25.05.2020
Nigeria naval officers attack pirates, rescue Chinese vessel
Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, yesterday disclosed that the Nigerian Navy intercepted a Chinese vessel, which was attacked by pirates, off the Coast of Cote D’ Ivoire. Enenche, who revealed this in Abuja at a routine update on various operations of…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
25.05.2020
ReCAAP ISC Issues Warning on Activity of Abu Sayyaf Group in waters off Sabah, Malaysia
ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre on 22 May issued the following Warning: 1. On 22 May, ReCAAP ISC has received information from the Philippine Coast Guard (ReCAAP Focal Point) that a group of approximately five ASG (Abu Sayyaf Group) members armed with assorted firearms is planning…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
22.05.2020
Armed robbers boarded a barge under tow at Singapore Straits
Date and time: 18.05.2020: 1315 UTC Type of Attack: Boarded // Type of Vessel: Tug Posn: 01:13.3N – 104:06.5E, Singapore Straits. Off Nongsa Island Off Batam Island. Six robbers armed with machetes boarded a barge under tow. Three duty watchmen onboard the barge were threatened by the…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
22.05.2020
Armed pirates attacked and boarded a general cargo at Brass of Nigeria
Date and time: 20.05.2020 1730 UTC Type of Attack: Boarded // Type of Vessel: General Cargo Posn : 02:14.5N – 005:03.7E: around 142 NM SW of Brass, Nigeria. Seven heavily armed pirates attacked and boarded a general cargo ship underway. The crew retreated into the citadel and…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
22.05.2020
NIMASA tests new anti-piracy law on intercepted Chinese vessel
The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, is set to test the new anti-piracy law with the intercepted Chinese fishing vessel Hailufeng 11 where about ten pirates who hijacked the vessel were arrested. The vessel had been licensed to fish in Côte d’Ivoire. Vanguard…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
19.05.2020
4 Incidents – South East Asia
16.05.2020: 1900 UTC: Posn: 01:38.5N – 102:57.0E, Around 6nm South of Batu Pahat Coast, Johor, Malaysia. Three robbers boarded a barge under tow, from a wooden fishing boat. Master immediately raised the alarm, made PA announcement, and informed the Malaysian Coast Guard. The crew directed…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
19.05.2020
Product Tanker Boarded – Merak Anchorage, Indonesia.
Date and time: 17.05.2020: 1925 UTC Type of Attack: Boarded // Type of Vessel: Product Tanker Location detail: Posn: 05:53.95S – 105:59.07E, Merak Anchorage, Indonesia. Three robbers armed with long knives in a small boat boarded an anchored tanker using a ladder. They forced their way into the…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
19.05.2020
Stolt-Nielsen guards blew up pirate skiff in gun battle
More details of Gulf of Aden attack revealed, while second incident downplayed. A security team on a Stolt-Nielsen tanker blew up a pirate boat during a fierce gun battle off Yemen on Sunday. The Private Maritime Security Company has revealed more details about the attack…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
19.05.2020
Piracy is on the rise, and coronavirus could make it worse
In early April, eight armed raiders boarded the container ship Fouma as it entered the port of Guayaquil, Ecuador. They fired warning shots toward the ship’s bridge, boarded the ship and opened several shipping containers, removing unknown items before escaping in two speedboats. Nobody was…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News
18.05.2020
Pirates flee after gun battle with Stolt tanker in Gulf of Aden
No injuries or serious damage to Stolt Apal after six pirates in two skiffs attempted to intercept the ship. Armed guards on a Stolt-Nielsen chemical tanker have been involved in a brief gun battle with pirates who attacked the vessel as it sailed through…

by Asimakis Chris in Piracy News

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