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ICC-CCS.ORG - THE WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT - REPORT SNIPPET - QUOTE:

Weekly Piracy Report
25 April-1 May 2007

The following is a summary of the daily reports broadcast by the IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre to ships in Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Ocean Regions on the SafetyNET service of Inmarsat-C from 25 April to 1 May 2007.

ALERT

Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
Forty seven incidents have been reported since 28.01.2006. Pirates are targeting ships preparing to anchor. Ships are advised to take extra precautions.

The 2006 Annual IMB Report on Piracy and Armed Attacks against Ships is now published. Please see the end of this page to order.

Suspicious crafts

18.04.2007: 2320 LT: Entrance Cartagena Colombia.
A container ship, while disembarking her pilot on the port side noticed, on radar, one unlit suspicious boat approaching from the stbd side at high speed. The master alerted the crew. The boat came very close to the vessel (about 10 m from the hull). On seeing the alert crew on ship’s side, the boat retreated and disappeared into the darkness. The master informed the Centre to alert other vessels calling Cartagena, Colombia.

Recently reported incidents

27.04.2007: 0140 UTC: Posn 06:17.0N - 003:21.7E, Lagos Outer Anchorage, Nigeria.
Two robbers armed with long knives boarded a product tanker at anchor. Alarm raised and crew alerted. Robbers threatened crew with knives and jumped into water with ship’s stores. They escaped in a boat with four accomplices.

23.04.2007: 0115 LT: Posn 06:16.67N - 003:15.47E, Lagos Outer Port Limit, Nigeria.
Duty officer onboard a tanker at anchor noticed a tug named “Captain Kola” approaching the vessel without reason. The tug came within a range of 35 meters on the port quarter. Crew alerted who kept a continuous watch on the tug. There were 4 persons on the tug looking at the vessel. The tug moved slowly to the stbd bow and then moved away.

29.04.2007: 0435 LT: Posn 01:05.60N - 103:28.20E, Off Karimun Island, Singapore Straits.
Four robbers boarded a chemical tanker at anchor via the poop deck by using hooks attached to a rope. Ship’s crew tried to prevent them from boarding but failed. The robbers entered the engine room by breaking the engine room door lock. The robbers caught the duty wiper. They stole engine spares and escaped. Authorities informed. Indonesian coast guard informed their officers were on their way however, the coast guard boarded the ship on 29 April 2007 at 1115 LT and left at 1145 LT after conducting an investigation.

27.04.2007: 0230 LT: Posn 01:18N - 104:14E, Off Singapore Eastern OPL, Malaysia.
Four robbers armed with long knives boarded a tanker at anchor. They entered the engine room via an unlocked main deck door. They threatened the duty engineer with a long knife. They assaulted him, blindfolded him, tied him up, and made him lie down. Duty engineer managed to release himself and raised the alarm. The crew mustered and found that the robbers had stolen engine spares and escaped via the steering gear room door.

25.04.2007: 1830 UTC: Posn 01:04N - 103:31E, Off Karimun, Indonesia.
An oiler noticed four armed robbers in the steering room of a LNG tanker during anchoring operations. Alarm was raised and crew mustered. Local authorities were informed. Coast guard boarded the ship and a through search was conducted. No intruders were found. No one was injured. No loss of cargo.

23.04.2007: 2100 UTC: Posn 06:14S - 108:26E, Balongan Anchorage, Indonesia.
Five robbers in a boat attempted to board a tanker from the stbd quarter by using a grappling hook. The duty AB spotted them and informed OOW, who raised the alarm, sounded the ship’s whistle and alerted crew members. Robbers aborted and moved away. Nothing was stolen.

21.03.2007: 0950 LT: Posn 14:03.6N - 049:07.0E, East Coast Yemen, Gulf of Aden.
Two suspicious vessels approached a yacht underway at high speed. Alarm raised, crew mustered and activated fire hoses. Yacht increased speed and took evasive manoeuvres. Vessels aborted the attempt and moved away.