Live Piracy & Armed Robbery Report 2017

The table below gives a narrative of the most recent attacks. Click the magnifying glass button to view a map of the attack location and to get further details.

id	date time	Quarter:	Attack Number:	Date:	Type of Vessel :	Narrations:

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1417	2017-05-19	Q2	067 - 17	18-05-2017	Chemical Tanker	18.05.2017: 0001 TO 0530 LT: Posn : 10:11.31N – 064:46.16W: Around 4nm West of Lecheria, Venezuela. Robbers boarded an anchored chemical tanker, stole ship’s equipment, stores and escaped unnoticed. Theft noticed by crew on routine rounds	View
1416	2017-05-18	Q2	066-17	16-05-2017	Offshore Supply ship	16.05.2017: 1803 UTC: Posn: 03:32N - 126:23E, Around 26nm SW of Kepulauan Talaud North Sulawesi, Indonesia. An Offshore supply ship underway was approached by a small speed boat, which closed to approximately 30meters. Alarm raised, crew mustered and fire pump started to charge fire hoses. Seeing the alerted crew the boat aborted and moved away.	View
1415	2017-05-18	Q2	065-17	17-05-2017	General Cargo	17.05.2017: Posn: 03:59N – 006:46E: Around 21nm South of Nigerian Coast. While underway armed pirates boarded a general cargo ship. They kidnapped six crew members and escaped. The remaining crew sailed the vessel to Bonny anchorage. The Nigerian Navy is investigating the case.	View
1414	2017-05-15	Q2	064-17	11-05-2017	Bulk Carrier	11.05.2017: 1212 UTC: Posn: Muara Berau Anchorage, Samarinda, Indonesia. A robber, armed with a knife boarded an anchored bulk carrier via the anchor chain. Duty AB on routine rounds noticed the robber and informed the OOW who raised the alarm and crew mustered. Hearing the alarm and seeing the crew alertness, the robber escaped via the anchor chain. A search was carried out. Nothing reported stolen.	View
1413	2017-05-11	Q2	063-17	04-05-2017	Container	04.05.2017: 0630 UTC: Posn: 12:01.02S – 077:12.06W, Callao Anchorage, Peru Six robbers armed with knives boarded an anchored container ship. They took hostage the duty AB and the shore security watchman and tied them up. The robbers then broke into the forecastle store and escaped with stolen ships stores. The duty AB and watchmen managed to free themselves and informed the bridge who raised the alarm. Incident reported to the Local Agent and Port Authority.	View
1412	2017-05-09	Q2	062-17	07-05-2017	Bulk Carrier	07.05.2017: 1840 LT: Posn: 25:32N – 057:33E, Around 12nm SW of Bandar E Jask, Iran Duty officer onboard a bulk carrier underway, noticed three skiffs approaching the vessel. At the same time a vessel suspected to be the mother vessel was seen astern at a distance of 2 nm. As the skiffs closed, the crew observed the persons in the boat holding ladders. Alarm raised, speed increased, evasive manoeuvres commended and Ras al Khor Port contacted, who informed the Iranian navy. As the bulk carrier changed course the skiffs and the suspected mother vessel followed. After around 20 minutes the Iranian navy called the bulk carrier to alter course at which point the skiffs aborted and moved away. All crew safe.	View
1411	2017-05-08	Q2	061-17	22-04-2015	Container	22.04.2017: 1940 UTC: 07:10.9N – 122:39.9E: around 10nm SW of Olutanga Coast, Philippines. Duty crew onboard an anchored container vessel noticed a small boat near the anchor chain and the hawse pipe cover opened and immediately informed the OOW, who raised the alarm. Two robbers were seen escaping from the vessel. Upon inspection, no stores were reported stolen. Incident reported to Davao coast guard and pilot station via VHF CH. 16.	View
1410	2017-05-08	Q2	060-17	06-05-2017	Container	06.05.2017: 0030 UTC: Posn: 005:10N-004:04W, Abidjan Anchorage, Ivory Coast. While at anchor, duty officer onboard a container ship noticed a suspicious boat approaching from astern and alerted the duty crew on deck. As the boat came alongside alarm and ship’s whistle sounded and fire pump started. Seeing the alerted crew, the boat slowly moved away, circled the ship once and then departed. Port control informed.	View
1409	2017-05-05	Q2	058-17	03-05-2017	Crude Oil Tanker	03.05.2017: 1706 UTC: 01:16.6N – 103:17.6E: Around 7.8nm SSW of Pulau Kukup, Johor, Malaysia. Second Engr onboard a tanker underway noticed five robbers in the engine room. Alarm raised. Seeing alerted crew the robbers escaped. All crew safe.	View
1408	2017-05-04	Q2	059-17	02-05-2017	Product Tanker	02.05.2017: 1715 UTC: Posn: 22:13.9N - 091:44.1E, Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh Duty crew onboard an anchored product tanker spotted two robbers on the poop deck and informed the OOW. Alarm raised, PA announcement made and crew mustered. Hearing the alarm and seeing the crew alertness, the robbers escaped without stealing anything.	View

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