01.02.2015:
0500 LT: Posn : 04:26N – 01:43E, Around 27nm South of Takoradi, Ghana.
Armed pirates boarded and hijacked a fishing vessel underway. The Togo Navy responded and engaged the pirates. Twenty crew jumped overboard in an attempt to escape, and were rescued by the patrol boat. The remaining seven crew were taken hostage as the pirates fled headed out to sea. The pirates later left the vessel and the crew sailed towards a safe port. One crew has been reported killed in the incident.
01.02.2015:
01.02.2015:
0500 LT: Posn : 04:26N – 01:43E, Around 27nm South of Takoradi, Ghana.
Armed pirates boarded and hijacked a fishing vessel underway. The Togo Navy responded and engaged the pirates. Twenty crew jumped overboard in an attempt to escape, and were rescued by the patrol boat. The remaining seven crew were taken hostage as the pirates fled headed out to sea. The pirates later left the vessel and the crew sailed towards a safe port. One crew has been reported killed in the incident.
01.02.2015:
1830 UTC: Posn : 05 28 5N – 005 05 54E, Around 10nm SW of Escravos, Nigeria.
Two crew on the forecastle of an anchored tanker noticed a boat approaching at high speed. As the boat closed the crew noticed something being thrown towards the vessel. The boat moved away and waited. After a while the two crew noticed the boat slowly approach the vessel again. The crew noticed the persons in the boat light an object and throw it towards the vessel, which hit the ships rail and fell into the water. A loud explosion was heard. The boat moved away. Nigerian navy and port authority informed. A gun boat was deployed and the vessel moved to a secure anchorage.
04.02.2015:
0730 LT: Posn : 10:12N – 107:03E, Around 7nm South of Vungtau, Vietnam
Five robbers boarded an anchored container ship. Alert crew spotted the robbers and raised the alarm. Seeing the crew alertness, the robbers escaped with stolen ship’s store.
05.02.2015:
0320 LT: Posn: Berth 5&6, ENL Jetty, Lagos Harbours, Nigeria
Duty AB onboard a berthed chemical tanker spotted a robber attempting to board the vessel. He alerted the onboard security team who chased the robbers away. After a while the robbers attempted to return and the security team fired one warning shot resulting in the robbers aborting the approach.
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