.The product Tanker; TORM ALEXANDRA, one of the many ships that were attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea early in November
·Product Tanker; NEFELI II: November 4th
Merchant ship was attacked in Gulf of Guinea at around 0600 UTC November 4, some 120 nm south of Bonny Nigeria. Understood it’s product tanker NEFELI II (IMO 9291638, dwt 9999), en route from Lagos to Douala Cameroon. The ship stopped at roughly the same time and position attack occurred, and as of 0700 UTC was still adrift, AIS seems to be working. Highly likely she was boarded. Awaiting ship’s ID confirmation and more details.
·Product Tanker; TORM ALEXANDRA: 7th November
On Saturday, 7th November, a product tanker, TORM ALEXANDRA, was attacked and reportedly boarded, and adrift, at the Gulf of Guinea about 0600 UTC.
All crew members were reported to be safe and accounted for, as they were all mustered in citadel during the attack.
The attack reportedly occurred at some 180 nm SE of Lome, Togo, while en route from Lome Anchorage in West Africa.
·Sea Shepherd: November 9th
The Netherlands flagged Bob Barker was approached by pirates on the 9th of November at 7:30am local time. The vessel is presently campaigning against illegal fishing in the Gulf of Guinea in cooperation with the government of Benin. The ship was approached by a skiff carrying approximately seven to eight persons, some who were armed.
·Product Tanker; LA BOHEME: 9th November
A Merchant ship was attacked Monday night, 9th November, some 110 nm SSE of Lagos Nigeria, in the Gulf of Guinea.
According to her track and pos/time, the vessel was a product tanker, LA BOHEME, and was attacked around 2030 UTC.
The Tanker en route from Lagos to Las Palmas was sailing in attack position, and obviously manoeuvred, but didn’t stop or reduced the speed nor slowed down.
From the footages captured on satellite, the merchant ship did a lot of manoeuvring, ostensibly to avert the imminent attack and these went on for about an hour.
·Product tanker JANE; November 11th
Merchant ship was attacked in Gulf of Guinea some 85 nm SSW of Lagos Nigeria, at around 0120 UTC Nov 11. Understood it’s Greek-operated product tanker JANE (IMO 9364588, dwt 51505), crossing attack site at the time of attack. After passing attack site, ship’s movements became chaotic, she was probably, either out of control after pirates boarded the ship, or trying to avoid pirates boarding.
· Heavy Lift Vessel; ZHEN HUA 7: November 13th
The cargo ship ZHEN HUA 7 was on its way to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea under the flag of Liberia, when it was attacked by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, 78 nautical miles northwest of the African island state of Sao Tome and Principe on November 13 at around 1500 UTC.
Out of the ship’s 27 crew members, 14 Chinese seafarers were kidnapped and one crew member was wounded, Italian Navy frigate team provided first aid and later took him to Sao Tome hospital in the frigate helicopter. Italian Navy frigate is escorting the Chinese cargo ship to the port of Sao Tome.
· General Cargo Ship; AM Delta: November 15th
A general cargo ship AM Delta was attacked and boarded by pirates in Gulf of Guinea some 160 nm west of Malabo, Bioko island, Equatorial Guinea.
Reportedly, all but two crew were kidnapped, all of Guinean nationality.
The ship is trading in regional waters between mostly ports of Cameroon and Ghana.
· Bunkering Tanker; Stelios K: November 16th
Three crewmembers have been abducted from a small tanker off the coast of Nigeria, the latest incident in an exceptionally busy year for piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.
In the early hours of November 16, the Togo-flagged bunkering tanker Stelios K was under way for Lagos on a voyage from Athens. At a position about 40 nautical miles to the south of Lagos, she went dark and ceased reporting AIS, according to security consultancy Praesidium International. Later reports indicated that she had been boarded and taken over, and she was still in the custody of the attackers up until at least November 19, Dryad Global reported.
· General Cargo Vessel Milan: November 25th/26th
Ten seafarers were kidnapped November 26 from the general cargo vessel Milan while underway some 14 nautical miles off the Pennington Offshore Terminal in Nigeria.
The vessel was in transit from Escravos to Douala, Cameroon, according to the UK-based maritime security firm Dryad Global.
“AIS indicates that the vessel was in a southbound transit when she stopped on the evening of the 25th. The precise time of the attack remains unclear,” Dryad said.
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