Cargo Ship Attacked, Rising Piracy Risk

A container ship owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S was attacked off the West African coast, prompting the company to warn of a rising risk from piracy in the area, says an article published in Bloomberg.

What Happened

“The Maersk Cadiz was boarded by criminals on Saturday at about 2:30 p.m. Nigeria time while traveling from Tema in Ghana to Kribi in Cameroon”, Maersk said in a statement.

Nigerian naval ships have arrived to help the vessel, which can transport the equivalent of as many as 4,500...

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Cargo Ship Attacked, Rising Piracy Risk

A container ship owned by A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S was attacked off the West African coast, prompting the company to warn of a rising risk from piracy in the area, says an article published in Bloomberg.

What Happened

“The Maersk Cadiz was boarded by criminals on Saturday at about 2:30 p.m. Nigeria time while traveling from Tema in Ghana to Kribi in Cameroon”, Maersk said in a statement.

Nigerian naval ships have arrived to help the vessel, which can transport the equivalent of as many as 4,500...

https://mfame.guru/cargo-ship-attacked-rising-piracy-risk/

All crew safe after pirate attack on Maersk Tema

All 21 crew members of container Maersk Tema are safe and well aboard, according to the latest update. BSM says that the 5,500 TEU container ship built in 2015 is now safely underway to anchorage with a security escort and that all appropriate maritime authorities have been notified.

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) confirmed that at approximately 09:00 local time on February 14 its managed vessel the Maersk Tema was involved in a security incident about 200 nautical miles off the coast of...

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Maersk Tema suffers pirate attack

Container vessel Maersk Tema suffered a pirate attack on 14 February 2020, when it was located 200 nautical miles west of Guinea. At the time of publication, the reported position of the vessel was in the Gulf of Guinea, en route to the Port of Lagos in Nigeria.

The container vessel Maersk Tema is owned and operated by the charter company Peter Döhle Schiffart and Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM).

Responding to a Container News request, a Maersk spokesperson said that the Danish shipping...

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