Date: 03.12.2019 1810 UTC Attack Posn: 03 06N – 007 07E Location detail: Around 76nm South of Bonny Type of Vessel: Crude Oil Tanker Type of Attack: kidnapped Armed pirates attack and boarded an oil tanker underway. Nineteen crew were identified as missing. Eighteen of…
Date:3rd December 2019 Location:123200N, 0432600E Ref: ADVISORY NOTICE 001/DEC/2019 A merchant vessel has reported a suspicious approach at 1450 UTC on the 3rd Dec, by a skiff in posn 1232N – 04326E (in vicinity of Bab El Mandeb) to within a range of 2NM Source:…
Thieves have targeted three vessels underway in the eastern sector of the Singapore Strait in less than a week. Two of the ships were bulk carriers; the third vessel was a barge undertow. In at least two cases, the intruders armed themselves with knives. In…
December 02: Nigerian Government Security Agents on patrol around Ke waterways in Rivers State encountered suspected sea pirates at about 1530hrs on December 01. The suspected pirates who were traveling on three speedboats fled with two boats during the encounter, abandoning the third . Eleven…
December 01: French Defence Minister Florence Parly has announced that a French naval base in Abu Dhabi, opened in 2009 and known as “Peace Camp,” will serve as the headquarters for a new European-led maritime security mission for the Gulf. The headquarters, aiming for launch…
Duterte said he wanted to work with Indonesia and Malaysia to fight piracy in the region. Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte is looking to combat piracy in southeast Asia — apparently including giving the country’s Navy the go-ahead to kill pirates on sight. Speaking over the…
7/11/2019 LC / Posn 1.245 – 104.20 Five intruders armed with knives were spotted in the engine room of a bulk carrier underway at the eastern end of the Singapore Strait. The intruders escaped after the crew raised the alarm. A report from the ship’s…
November 21, 01:00 UTC: An unspecified vessel was reportedly boarded by five armed men in an incident classified as a robbery. An investigation is ongoing by locals authorities, but the vessel and crew have been reported safe. This incident will be updated if/when more information…
A Malaysia-flagged tugboat towing barge loaded with containers was boarded by two perpetrators on 24 of November 2019 at 0330 LT in position 01:14.25N – 104:4.01E, approximately 2.2nm NW of Pulau Nongsa, Indonesia. Robbers escaped after the crew onboard the barge raised the alarm and…
Swire Pacific Offshore, an offshore vessel operator, confirmed that seven crew members aboard its Pacific Warden, an Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS), were kidnapped by pirates offshore Equatorial Guinea last week. Specifically, according to the company, the attack took place on the Pacific Warden offshore…
The managing director of Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization, has said that the Iranian delegation plans to put forward the Hormuz peace initiative at the International Maritime Organization (IMO) summit in London. In an interview with the IRIB on Monday, Mohammad Rastad said that security…
Date: 18-10-2019, 1507 UTC / Posn: 01:05.1N – 103:42.3E Location detail: Singapore Straits Type of Vessel: Crude Oil Tanker / Type of Attack: Boarded Five robbers armed with knives and crowbars boarded a tanker underway and entered the engine room. Duty Engine crew noticed the robbers and…
