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Weekly Piracy Report
24-30 June 2008

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 24 to 30 June 2008.

ALERT

Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
The number of attacks has reduced since 2006. However, the area is still listed as a high risk area and mariners are advised to be cautious especially while approaching the anchorage and while at anchor at Chittagong

Nigeria
Violent attacks carried out by pirates on board vessels at anchor and vessel carrying out STS operations. Mariners are advised to exercise extreme caution in these waters.

Suspicious crafts

24.06.2008: 1805 LT: 01:26.0N - 104:36.8E, North of Bintan island, Indonesia.
Duty AB onboard a LNG tanker reported three small suspicious boats at a distance of about 250 meters on the stbd beam and stbd quarter. Each boat was about 12 meters long, wooden hull, blue in colour and fitted with four large sea horse power engines. The four men in the boats were wearing blue oilskins. Master raised alarm, and anti piracy measures activated. Vessels in the vicinity informed. The boats moved away at 1820 LT heading towards Bintan island.

Recently reported incidents

28.06.2008: 2145 UTC: Takoradi Anchorage, Ghana.
One robber, armed with a long knife, attempted to climb onboard a bulk carrier at anchor via the anchor chain. Alert duty watchman saw the robber and informed the duty officer who raised the alarm. On hearing the alarm, the robber jumped into the sea and escaped with two other accomplices waiting in a boat.

30.06.2008: 0200 LT: Berth No. 12, Mombasa, Kenya.
Alert crew, onboard a supply vessel at berth, spotted a robber using a rope attached with a hook to gain access to their vessel from the offshore side. As soon as the robber saw the alert crew, he jumped overboard and escaped in a waiting boat.

26.06.2008: 0345 LT: Posn: N.E.A. Anchorage, Yangon, Myanmar.
Six robbers in a speedboat tried to come alongside a container ship at anchor.

Alert crew raised alarm and directed the search light towards the boat. Seeing the alert crew the robbers turned away. Ships in the vicinity informed. Earlier the port authority and pilot had warned the master of robbers in the anchorage.

21.06.2008: 0610 LT: Posn: 13:08.7N – 048:03.7E: Gulf of Aden.
Two wooden speedboats approached the ship. One boat crossed the vessel’s bow whilst the other remained on the portside. Not suspecting any pirate activity the master sailed between the two boats, which then closed in on the ship. One of the crafts was preparing ladder with hook in order to board. Ship raised the alarm and evasive manoeuvres adopted. The two speedboats aborted their attack and moved away. The vessel continued on her passage