PIRATES ATTACK

How To Navigate A Ship During Pirates Attack?

The International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) released the newest edition of its IMSC Bridge Reference Cards.

Originally published in June 2020, the reference cards are designed as a quick-access distillation of guidance found in the United Kingdom Marine Trade Operations’ (UKMTO) Best Management Practices to Deter Piracy and Enhance Maritime Security, edition 5 (BMP5) and address specific scenarios that threaten the physical security of merchant vessels, says an article published on...

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Cargo Ship Attacked, Crew Kidnapped

A general cargo ship with the flag of Ghana was attacked and boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, reports Maritime Bulletin.

What happened? 

The cargo ship AM DELTA was trading in regional waters since November 2019 mostly between ports of Cameroon and Ghana.

The cargo ship was attacked and boarded at around 0400 UTC Nov 16 in the Gulf of Guinea some 160 nm west of Malabo, Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea.

Crew Casualties 

Except for two crew members of Guinean nationality all other crew...

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Merchant Ship Attacked By Pirates, Goes Out Of Control

A merchant ship was attacked in the Gulf of Guinea some 85 nm SSW of Lagos Nigeria, at around 0120 UTC Nov 11, reports Maritime Bulletin.

Understood it’s Greek-operated product tanker JANE (IMO 9364588, dwt 51505), crossing attack site at the time of the attack.

After passing the attack site, the ship’s movements became chaotic, she was probably, either out of control after pirates boarded the ship, or trying to avoid pirates boarding. As of 0245 UTC Nov 11, the situation seemed to be the same,...

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Pirates Attack Tanker, Crew Safe

  • Pirates attack tanker but crew manages to retreat into citadel.
  • Patrol vessel has been sent to the spot.

According to a live piracy & armed robbery report 2020 published in ICC Commercial Crime Services, a product tanker is under attack by pirates on 18th October, 2020 at 00:00:00.

What happened?

A tanker was attacked by pirates while underway. All crew managed to retreat into the citadel.

Safety and rescue operations

Togo Navy notified and a patrol vessel was dispatched to the location. The Togo...

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Pirates Attack & Board Berthed LNG Tanker

Berthed LNG tanker was reportedly boarded by pirates on Oct 17, Punta Europa LNG Terminal, Equatorial Guinea, reports Maritime Bulletin. 

What happened?

According to reports, LNG tanker METHANE PRINCESS was boarded by pirates at 0545 UTC Oct 17. 

According to track records, at the time of attack, the tanker was berthed at Punta Europa LNG Terminal, Malabo, Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea. 

Any injury or kidnap reported?

Initial reports said that two people (one crew and one Terminal worker) were...

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Offshore Vessel Under Violent Pirate Attack

  • An offshore supply vessel was reportedly attacked offshore Mexico on Friday, July 24.
  • The incident was described as a “violent armed boarding and robbery of personal belongings.”

Pirates attack another Offshore Vessel in Mexico, writes Bartolomej Tomic for OE Digital.

Offshore Vessel attacked 

An offshore supply vessel was reportedly attacked offshore Mexico on July 24.

On July 27, the maritime safety intelligence company Dryad said that the offshore supply vessel Natalie was boarded while...

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Containership Faces a Premeditated Pirate Attack

  • GISIS reported an unusual piracy attack on container ship Fouma in Ecuador waters, when the ship was under way, en route from Manta Ecuador to Guayaquil.
  • The attack looked like a well planned one with the aim of obtaining specific goods from specific containers.

An unusual piracy attack on container ship Fouma in Ecuador waters, writes Mikhail Voytenko for Maritime Bulletin.

Pirates aboard containership 

GISIS reported an unusual piracy attack on container ship Fouma in Ecuador waters, which...

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General Cargo Ship Attacked by Pirates On-Board

  • General cargo ship Huanghai Glory was reported attacked by pirates on-board.
  • The ship was drifting after attack, not responding to contact requests.
  • The Nigerian Navy patrol boat NNS SPARROW approached, in nearly 24 hours after alert, in vicinity of Lagos.

General cargo ship Huanghai Glory was reported attacked by Dryad Global, writes Mikhail Voytenko for Maritime Bulletin.

Pirates aboard cargo ship

The cargo ship was boarded by pirates at 1820 UTC Mar 5, some 85 nm south of Lagos Nigeria, Gulf...

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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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