14.09.2014:
0630 LT: Posn: 17:40N – 083:23E, Visakhapatnam Anchorage, India.
Seven robbers in a boat approached an anchored chemical tanker. Four of the robbers boarded the tanker via the stern and stole fire hose nozzles and couplings. Master noticed the robbers, raised the alarm and crew mustered. Upon hearing the alarm and seeing the crew alertness, the robbers jumped overboard and escaped with the stolen items. Port control informed.
17.09.2014:
14.09.2014:
0630 LT: Posn: 17:40N – 083:23E, Visakhapatnam Anchorage, India.
Seven robbers in a boat approached an anchored chemical tanker. Four of the robbers boarded the tanker via the stern and stole fire hose nozzles and couplings. Master noticed the robbers, raised the alarm and crew mustered. Upon hearing the alarm and seeing the crew alertness, the robbers jumped overboard and escaped with the stolen items. Port control informed.
17.09.2014:
2200 LT: Posn: 01:26N – 104:50E, 20nm NE of Tg Berakit, Bintan Island, Indonesia.
Eight armed pirates boarded and hijacked a product tanker enroute to Timor Leste. The vessel rendezvoused with two smaller tankers and the cargo of gas-oil was transferred. Later the pirates released the tanker and escaped. Crew and vessel safe.
17.09.2014:
0230 LT: Posn: 10:14.9N – 107:03.1E, Vung Tau Inner Anchorage, Vietnam.
Three robbers boarded an anchored tanker. Duty AB on routine rounds spotted the robbers and informed the D/O who raised the alarm. All crew mustered. Upon hearing the alarm the robbers escaped in their small wooden boat with stolen ship’s stores.
18.09.2014:
0049 LT: Posn: Chittagong Outer Anchorage, Bangladesh.
Twenty Five robbers with knives approached an anchored vehicle carrier. Ten robbers armed with knives boarded via the stern ramp coaming brackets. Alarm raised and crew mustered. The robbers stole mooring ropes and escaped. No injuries to crew. Port control and coast guard informed who dispatched a patrol boat. At 0645 LT coast guard contacted the ship indicating suspect vessel apprehended and mooring ropes recovered.
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