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Home » WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT VOL. 4TH NO 19

WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT VOL. 4TH NO 19

by Joshua
March 20, 2011
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14.03.2011:
0830 LT: Posn: 22:49.18N – 070:02.21E,
Kandla anchorage, India.
Robbers boarded a bulk carrier at anchor using grappling hooks. They broke opened the paint store and forward life raft and stole ship's stores and escaped. Port authority informed and security message broadcasted to all vessels in the vicinity.

15.03.2011:
0645 UTC: Posn: 11:56N – 058:03E, around 215nm east of Socotra Island, (Off Somalia).

14.03.2011:
0830 LT: Posn: 22:49.18N – 070:02.21E,
Kandla anchorage, India.
Robbers boarded a bulk carrier at anchor using grappling hooks. They broke opened the paint store and forward life raft and stole ship's stores and escaped. Port authority informed and security message broadcasted to all vessels in the vicinity.

15.03.2011:
0645 UTC: Posn: 11:56N – 058:03E, around 215nm east of Socotra Island, (Off Somalia).

A mother vessel approached a bulk carrier underway at 8.5 nm and launched a skiff. The skiff approached the vessel at around 23knots. Five pirates armed with guns were noticed when the skiff came at a distance of 0.8 nm. Master raised alarm, sounded ship’s horn, took evasive manoeuvres and the armed security team onboard fired warning shots. The pirates aborted the attempted attack and moved towards their mother vessel waiting at 5nm.

16.03.2011:
0405 LT: Posn: 03:56.7N – 098:46.4E, Belawan anchorage, Indonesia.

Unknown number of robbers boarded a general cargo ship at anchorage. After noticing the robbers onboard, the master raised alarm. Robbers escaped with ships stores.

14.03.2011:
0830 LT: Posn: 22:49.18N – 070:02.21E, Kandla anchorage, India.

Robbers boarded a bulk carrier at anchor using grappling hooks. They broke opened the paint store and forward life raft and stole ship's stores and escaped. Port authority informed and security message broadcasted to all vessels in the vicinity.

15.03.2011:
0645 UTC: Posn: 11:56N – 058:03E, around 215nm east of Socotra Island, (Off Somalia).

A mother vessel approached a bulk carrier underway at 8.5 nm and launched a skiff. The skiff approached the vessel at around 23knots. Five pirates armed with guns were noticed when the skiff came at a distance of 0.8 nm. Master raised alarm, sounded ship’s horn, took evasive manoeuvres and the armed security team onboard fired warning shots. The pirates aborted the attempted attack and moved towards their mother vessel waiting at 5nm.

16.03.2011:
0405 LT: Posn: 03:56.7N – 098:46.4E, Belawan anchorage, Indonesia.

Unknown number of robbers boarded a general cargo ship at anchorage. After noticing the robbers onboard, the master raised alarm. Robbers escaped with ships stores.

16.03.2011:
1642 UTC: Posn: 14:21N – 059:25E, around 310nm ENE of Socotra island, (Off Somalia).

Around 40 pirates boarded and hijacked a general cargo ship underway. Pirates have taken hostage 20 crew members and could use the vessel for mother ship operations.

18.03.2011:
0300 LT: Posn: 01:05N – 103:35E: Singapore Straits.

Robbers in small boats approached a bulk carrier making way at manoeuvring speed from the port and starboard sides and attempted to board. The vessel raised alarm, flashed Aldis lamp, increased speed, made zigzag manoeuvres and took evasive measures and crew mustered on bridge and shouted loudly. The boats chased the vessel for 30 minutes before moving away.

 


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