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THE WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT - REPORT SNIPPET - QUOTE:

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

Weekly Piracy Report
14-20 March 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 14 to 20 March 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
Recently reported incidents

15.03.2007 1640 UTC in position 10:14.4N 107:04.8E, 5 nm South of Vung Tau, Vietnam.
A container vessel at anchor was boarded by robbers at forecastle deck . Ship stores were stolen.

12.03.2007 0410 LT in position 06:14.2S – 108:26.5E, Balongan anchorage, Indonesia.
Robbers armed with knives in an unlit boat approached a product tanker at anchor and threw a line onboard the ship at the port quarter. Duty watchmen were standing by with pipes in hand. Robbers aborted the attempt and fled.

12.03.2007 1305 LT in position 18:27.4N – 038:17.8E, Red Sea
Pirates in a wooden boat armed with AK-47s approached a research ship underway conducting surveying operations and fired upon the ship. A Sudanese navy vessel came to its assistance and detained the pirates. After 20 minutes the pirates were released. No injuries to crew.

11.03.2007 1929 LT in position 18:29.02N – 038:19.26E, Red Sea.
15 pirates in a 12 metre wooden boat armed with AK-47s approached a research ship underway conducting surveying operations and fired upon the bridge of the ship . The ship activated SSAS and contacted Sudan authorities and managed to move from that area. No injuries to the crew.