THE WEEKLY PIRACY REPORT - REPORT SNIPPET - QUOTE:
http://www.icc-ccs.org/prc/piracyreport.php
Weekly Piracy Report
8-14 August 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 8 to 14 August 2007.
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
Fifty two incidents have been reported since 28.01.2006. Pirates are targeting ships preparing to anchor. Ships are advised to take extra precautions.
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Suspicious crafts
16.07.2007: 2000 UTC: Off Somalia
Inspite of rough weather, one suspicious boat tried to approach a ship underway. The boat stopped altered course and moved away when she noticed alert crew on board
Recently reported incidents
05.08.2007: 0119 LT: Ango-Ango, Matadi port, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Armed robbers, in two canoes, boarded a refrigerated cargo ship at anchor. They threatened the deck watchman with a knife and chased him; luckily, the watchman managed to escape and raised the alarm. Meanwhile other robbers stole ship’s stores. On seeing the alerted crew, the robbers jumped overboard and escaped.
05.08.2007: 0225 UTC: 06:18.6N – 003:23.9E, Lagos anchorage, Nigeria.
A boat with six robbers approached a tanker at anchor from the stern. The watchman on duty spotted the robbers trying to board the ship by hooking a bamboo pole onto the ships rail. He informed the bridge. The alarm was raised and the whistle sounded. The robbers aborted the attempt and escaped. An investigation carried out later found nothing stolen.
11.08.2007: 1200 UTC: 01:13N – 052:38E, Somalia.
Pirates, in a trawler, attempted to attack a refrigerated cargo ship underway. The ship altered course and the trawler altered onto a collision course. The ship took evasive manoeuvres, increased speed and attempted to contact the trawler on VHF, but without any response. After following the ship for one hour, the pirates aborted the attempt and moved away.
07.08.2007: 1910 UTC: Posn: 01:24S – 050:45E, Somalia.
A suspicious boat crossed the bow of the ship underway from stbd to port. There was no data found in the AIS. The boat altered course and headed directly for the ship. The ship increased speed. Another suspicious boat approached on the port bow. The boat was chasing the ship. After more than 1 hour, the suspicious boat reduced speed and stopped the chase.
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Note: The following news brief is a quote:
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3437459,00.html
Fuel truck bomb damages bridge north of Baghdad
Published: 08.14.07, 13:01 / Israel News
A suicide truck bomb killed two people, wounded five and badly damaged a bridge linking Baghdad to northern Iraq on Tuesday, police said.
Part of the bridge collapsed in the attack, using a fuel tanker, near Taiji. The bridge had been damaged by a previous bombing in May. (Reuters)