On January 19, a product tanker was attacked while in Abidjan Anchorage, Ivory Coast. The armed robbery that took place, resulted to the robbers escaping the vessel with stolen ship’s stores. According to IBM between the Ivory Coast and the Democratic Republic of Congo the robbery incidents more than doubled in 2018.
Specifically, the incident took place at 22.40 UTC.
Two robbers that were armed with long knives used a hooked ladder to board on the product tanker. The robbers were both armed with...
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