According to reports from Dryad, St Kitts flagged general cargo vessel MILAN (IMO 8113619) has been boarded 14nm NNM of the Pennington Terminal 10nm from shore resulting in the kidnap of 10 crew.
With the confirmation of kidnapping, the total number of personnel kidnapped from vessels operating in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020 is 128 across 24 incidents.
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The vessel was in transit from Escravos to Douala, Cameroon. AIS indicates that the vessel was in a southbound...