16.01.2012:
0705 UTC: Posn: 15:04N – 058:17E, Around 265 NM NE of Socotra Island, Yemen.
16.01.2012:
0705 UTC: Posn: 15:04N – 058:17E, Around 265 NM NE of Socotra Island, Yemen.
Lookouts onboard a tanker underway noticed six pirates in a skiff approaching their vessel at a distance of 3.5nm. At a distance of around 300 meters the onboard unarmed security team engaged the skiff with the LRAD and the non-essential crew members mustered in the citadel. The skiff fired at the vessel and continured to approach. The security team fired warning flares which landed close to the skiff. The pirates continued to approach and fire upon the vessel. However after the security team fired two more flares close to the skiff the pirates aborted but tailed the vessel for 15 minutes before head before heading towards a mother vessel in the vicinity.
17.01.2012:
0632 UTC: Posn: 13:32N – 055:44E, Around 93 NM NE of Socotra Island, Yemen (Off Somalia).
Armed pirates in a skiff approached a pipe layer vessel underway. The armed security team onboard make presence of themselves with their weapons resulting in the pirates aborted the attempted attack.
19.01.2012
: 0600 LT: 21:18.1N – 091:43.6E: Chittagong, Bangladesh.
While waiting at anchorage for STS operations, the duty crew onboard noticed two liferafts on Portside missing. The incident was reported to local authorities through local agents.
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