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Weekly Piracy
Report
5 - 12 October
2004





Weekly Piracy Report

5 - 12 October 2004

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 from 5 - 12
October 2004.


Recently reported incidents

Suspicious craft


06.10.2004 at 0945 LT in position 02:39N -
101:17E, Malacca Straits.
A dark brown hulled boat approached a
container ship underway and stopped in
vicinity. Boat then followed the ship in parallel
for ten minutes at 20 knots. Due to ship's
alertness, boat stopped following.


Actual or attempted attacks


08.10.2004 at 1002 LT in position: 00:18.67N
- 104:29.26E, Selat Riau, Indonesia.
Six armed masked men in a speedboat
attempted to board a tug towing a barge.
During the manoeuvre speedboat collided
against the tug and capsized. Tug continued
voyage.



Piracy prone areas and warnings

S E Asia and the Indian Sub Continent

Bangladesh: Chittagong at berth and anchorage.

India: Chennai

Indonesia: Anambas/Natuna Island, Balikpapan,
Belawan, Dumai, Gaspar/Bar/Leplia Str, Jakarta
(Tg.Priok), Vicinity of Bintan Island

Malacca straits: avoid anchoring along the
Indonesian coast of the straits. Coast near Aceh is
particularly risky for hijackings.

Malaysia : Sandakan

Singapore Straits

Africa and Red Sea

Gulf of Aden

Somalian Waters - eastern and northeastern coasts
have been high-risk areas for hijackings. Whilst there
have been no recent incidents, ships not making
scheduled calls to ports in these areas should stay
away from the coast.

West Africa: Abidjan, Conakry, Dakar, Douala, Lagos,
Luanda, Onne, Tema, Warri

South and Central America and the Caribbean
waters

Brazil - Belem
Colombia - Mamonal
Haiti - Port Au Prince
Venezuela - Guanta,

Secure-Ship

Secure-Ship is the most recent and effective
innovation in the fight against piracy. It is a
non-lethal, electrifying fence surrounding the whole
ship, which has been specially adapted for maritime
use. The fence uses 9,000-volt pulse to deter boarding
attempts. An intruder coming in contact with the fence
will receive an unpleasant non-lethal shock that will
result in the intruder abandoning the attempted
boarding. At the same time an alarm will go off,
activating floodlights and a very loud siren. The IMB
strongly recommends ship owners to install this device
on board their ships. Further details can be obtained at
www.secure-marine.com

ShipLoc

ShipLoc is an inexpensive satellite tracking system,
which allows shipping companies, armed only with a
personal computer with Internet access, to monitor the
exact location of their vessels. In addition to
anti-hijacking role, ShipLoc facilitates independent and
precise location of ships at regular intervals. ShipLoc is
fully compliant with the IMO Regulation SOLAS XI-2/6
adopted during the diplomatic conference in December
2002, concerning a Ship Security Alert System. The
ship security alert system regulation that will be put
into place as of July 2004, requires ships of over 500
GT to be equipped with an alarm system in order to
reinforce ship security. The system allows the crew, in
case of danger, to activate an alarm button that
automatically sends a message to the ship owner and
to competent authorities. The message is sent without
being able to be detected by someone on-board or by
other ships in the vicinity. ShipLoc is contained in a
small, discrete waterproof unit which includes: an
Argos transmitter, a GPS receiver, a battery pack in
case of main power failure, and a flat antenna.
ShipLoc,endorsed by the IMB, is the most reliable and
inexpensive system as of today. For more information,
please visit www.shiploc.com

Reporting of incidents
Ships are advised to maintain anti-piracy watches and
report all piratical attacks and suspicious movements
of craft to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia.
Tel ++ 60 3 2078 5763
Fax ++ 60 3 2078 5769
Telex MA 31880 IMBPCI
24 Hours Anti Piracy HELPLINE Tel: ++ 60 3 2031
0014
E-mail imbkl@icc-ccs.org.uk

IMB Piracy Reporting Centre

Piracy maps 2003

Piracy maps 2002

Piracy maps 2001

Annual Piracy Report





I left the ads, as they tell of the methods used today, I
had read reports before of the lights coming on, but not
how they worked.


10 posted on 10/14/2004 8:20:34 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny (On this day your Prayers are needed!!!!!!!)
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To: nw_arizona_granny; Calpernia

Bad pirates.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=malacca+terrorism


11 posted on 10/14/2004 8:41:56 AM PDT by Velveeta
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