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THE WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT - SNIPPET - QUOTE:

http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php

Weekly Piracy Report
17-23 January 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 17 to 23 January 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

None reported during the week.
Recently reported incidents

19.01.2007 between 0001-0400 LT in position 03:13.6S - 116:25.0E, Pulau Laut (NPLCT) Anchorage, indonesia.
Robbers boarded a bulk carrier via anchor chain. They broke forward store and stole ship's stores. Port control informed.

18.01.2007 1815 UTC in position 06:15.07S - 108:26.78E, Balongan Anchorage, Indonesia.
Two robbers armed with steel bars boarded a tanker and entered into engine room. They stole generator spares and escaped through engine room door leading to poop deck. Master raised alarm and crew mustered. Local police informed.

16.01.2007 0430 LT about 18 nm off Dar es Salaam Roads, Tanzania.
While the container ship was drifting, duty AB noticed some suspicious movements on forecastle deck. Raised alarm and crew alerted. Pirates jumped overboard
and escaped. Three containers were found open with seals broken.