tuffyluffy 76 Posted March 11, 2012 Share Posted March 11, 2012 Reports for just this year to date. IMB Piracy & Armed Robbery Report 078-12 21.01.2012: 2200 LT: Posn: 22:12.3N - 091:42.1E, Chittagong Anchorage 'B', Bangladesh. Robbers boarded a Ro-Ro ship whilst awaiting for pilot. Duty watchman sighted the robbers and informed Master. Master raised alarm and reported to coast guard. Robbers noticed crew alertness and escaped with stolen stores. No casualties to crew. 077-12 08.03.2012: 0035 LT: Posn: 01:42.4N-101:29.1E, Dumai Inner Anchorage, Indonesia. Duty watchman saw one robber climbing using thin hooked line on Crude Oil Tanker at anchor. The duty A/B informed bridge who raised alarm, sounded ship's whistle and crew mustered. On noticing the crew alertness, the robber jumped into the water and escaped with two other accomplices waiting in a boat. Nothing stolen and no casualties. 076-12 07.03.2012: 1030 UTC: Posn: 04:12.5N – 006:54.6E, Around 5.8nm off Port Harcourt Fairway Buoy, Nigeria. Seven heavily armed persons in a speed boat approached a chemical tanker underway. The tanker raised alarm, increased speed and set course away from land. The armed naval guards onboard the tanker made their presence known. Later, they aborted the attempted attack and moved away. 075-12 02.03.2012: 1219 UTC: Posn: 21:27N – 062:37E, Around 211 nm ENE of Masirah Island, Oman. Armed pirates in one skiff hijacked a tanker underway. The hijackers took hostage 22 crew members and sailed the tanker towards the coast of Somalia. Further report awaited. 074-12 30.01.2012: 0500 LT: Posn: 01:05N – 103:30E, 5nm off Karimun, Indonesia. Two robbers boarded a tanker during STS operations using a rope attached with hook. The duty pump man noticed the robbers and raised the alarm. The robbers removed the hook and jumped into the water and escaped in their small boat empty handed. 073-12 03.03.2012: 2355 LT: Posn: 17:02.88N-082:25.15E, Kakinada Anchorage, India. Around ten robbers armed with knives boarded an anchored bulk carrier via the forecastle. Duty watchmen saw the robbers and raised the alarm. Seeing crew alertness the robbers escaped in two boats with stolen ship's stores. Master informed port control and local agent. No casualties to crew and no damage to ship. 072-12 26.02.2012: 0100 LT: Posn: 01:16.1N - 104:17.6E, 11nm from Horsburgh Lighthouse, Singapore Straits. An unlit speed boat approached a tug towing a barge. The speed boat came alongside the tug and four robbers boarded the tug while two remained in the boat. The robbers wearing masks and armed with guns and knives took hostage C/E and 3/E who did not know the robbers had boarded. The 2/O on bridge noticed the robbers and raised the alarm. All crew except the bridge crew, who were guarded by some robbers were taken hostage. They then stole crew and ship's properties and cash and escaped in the waiting boat. 071-12 28.02.2012: 0550 UTC: Posn: 16:03.9N - 058:58.9E, Around 280nm ExS of Salalah, Oman, (Off Somalia). While underway, a chemical tanker spotted 3-4 pirates in a skiff heading towards her at a speed more than 20kts. Alarm raised, evasive maneouvres made, fire pumps activated, armed security team made their presence. The skiff later stopped their approach and the chemical tanker continued her passage. A mother vessel was seen in the vicinity. 070-12 29.02.2012: 2110 UTC: Posn: 04:20.0N - 005:47.0E, around 5nm off Baylesa, Nigeria. Seven to eight armed robbers in a boat chased and fired upon a chemical tanker underway. Alarm raised, crew mustered on bridge and all access to accommodation secured from inside. The robbers chased the tanker for around an hour before aborting and moving away. All crew safe. Ship sustained gun shot damages. 069-12 29.02.2012: 1745 LT: Posn: 21:44N - 091:37E, 12NM West of Kutubdia Island, Bangladesh. Robbers boarded a container ship at anchor. Robbers stole ship's stores and escaped unnoticed. Master informed port authority and local agent. So thats ZERO small sail boats that have been attached in the first two months of this year? Link to post Share on other sites
southernman 73 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Don't agree with guns on boats, but have a funny story. Bought boat in the US and sailed it home to NZ. Got to NZ and was removing some framing behind the bow bulkhead and found some 250 rounds and a Hand Gun. All there, had been there forever and never picked up by any customs from some 15 countries. Handed it into the local police station and told the story, they didn't believe me and sent a team down to search the boat. All sorted after a friendly chat to a senior officer and no more problems. Last year surfing in indo, we got circled by a boat and some very shady characters on it at night. Not pleasant at all and we had no one to help us. As it turned out the same story, apparently looking for fuel, but they had weapons and made it clear that they had them. We gave them 20 litres of fuel and some beer and problem solved. I'm pretty sure that there are many stories like this that never get reported at all relating to small boats and yachts. Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 Reports for just this year to date. IMB Piracy & Armed Robbery Report 078-12 21.01.2012: 2200 LT: Posn: 22:12.3N - 091:42.1E, Chittagong Anchorage 'B', Bangladesh. Robbers boarded a Ro-Ro ship whilst awaiting for pilot. Duty watchman sighted the robbers and informed Master. Master raised alarm and reported to coast guard. Robbers noticed crew alertness and escaped with stolen stores. No casualties to crew. 077-12 08.03.2012: 0035 LT: Posn: 01:42.4N-101:29.1E, Dumai Inner Anchorage, Indonesia. Duty watchman saw one robber climbing using thin hooked line on Crude Oil Tanker at anchor. The duty A/B informed bridge who raised alarm, sounded ship's whistle and crew mustered. On noticing the crew alertness, the robber jumped into the water and escaped with two other accomplices waiting in a boat. Nothing stolen and no casualties. ...... So thats ZERO small sail boats that have been attached in the first two months of this year? If you look at the number 078-12 that indicates the 78th report for 2012, goto http://www.icc-ccs.org/piracy-reporting-centre then click on "live piracy report" for the list that wheels posted. BTW - not all incidents get reported as they may not meet the definition of Piracy that is used. Also two dhows where hijacked earlier this year Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I may have missunderstood you earlier rigger. I was just trying to show that a lot of commercial traffic does get targeted. Not saying yachts do not. Link to post Share on other sites
rigger 47 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 I may have missunderstood you earlier rigger. I was just trying to show that a lot of commercial traffic does get targeted. Not saying yachts do not. No worries wheels, just personal experience has shown smaller vessels get attacked. We tend to hear about the major incidents with yachts where assistance is required but not the more minor ones where no assistance is required. Link to post Share on other sites
darkside 61 Posted March 13, 2012 Share Posted March 13, 2012 There is a bit of a list of the yachts here: http://www.yachtpiracy.org/en/list_of_a ... yachts.htm Not sure what the level of attack/intimidation it takes to make the list. A few of them are no doubt misunderstandings Michael Briant on Bamabola Quatre was attacked the year we went through the Gulf of Aden and is on the list Link to post Share on other sites
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