Weekly Piracy Report : ( 2 December - 8 December 2008 )
Suspicious crafts
None reported
Recently reported incidents
02.12.2008: 0230 UTC: Tema anchorage, Ghana.
Four robbers boarded an oil tanker at anchor. Robbers stole ship’s stores and escaped when noticed. No injuries to crew.
16.11.2008: 0945 LT: Posn: 05:34.53N - 005:22.39E, Warri river, Nigeria.
Several speedboats with heavily armed men approached a general cargo ship under pilotage. They fired warning shots into [...]
Weekly Piracy Report ( 25 November - 1 December 2008 )
Suspicious crafts
None reported
Recently reported incidents
26.11.2008: 0430 LT: Lagos anchorage, Nigeria.
Armed robbers in a small craft boarded a chemical tanker at anchor. They stole ship’s property and escaped before the duty A/B raised the alarm. The craft was observed approaching another vessel. The tanker warned the vessel. The craft aborted the attempt and headed back to [...]
Weekly Piracy Report (04 Nov - 10 Nov 2008)
Suspicious crafts
None reported
Recently reported incidents
08.11.2008: 1400 UTC: Posn: 00:48N - 080:07W, Punta Pedernales, Ecuador.
Five armed robbers in a small fishing boat boarded an anchored yacht. They roughed up the crew and stole valuables and yacht’s property. With the assistance of another yacht, the incident was reported to USCG Alameda who then contacted the Ecuadorian authorities. [...]
Weekly Piracy Report (23 Sept - 29 Sept 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 23 September to 29 September 2008.
ALERT
Gulf of Aden
Masters using the Maritime Security Patrol Area (MSPA) while transiting the Gulf of Aden [...]
Weekly Piracy Report (02 Sept - 08 Sept 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 02 September to 08 September 2008.
ALERT
Gulf of Aden
Masters using the Maritime Security Patrol Area (MSPA) while transiting the Gulf of Aden are [...]
Weekly Piracy Report (26 Aug - 01 Sept 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 26 August to 1 September 2008.
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
The number of attacks has reduced since 2006. However, the area is still listed [...]
Weekly Piracy Report (12 Aug - 18 Aug 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 12 to 18 August 2008
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
The number of attacks has reduced since 2006. However, the area is still listed as a [...]
Weekly Piracy Report (05 Aug - 11 Aug 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 5 to 11 August 2008.
ALERT
Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh
The number of attacks has reduced since 2006. However, the area is still listed as a [...]
Weekly Piracy Report (29 July - 04 Aug 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 [...]
IMB piracy report highlights trouble in African waters
IMB figures show increased piracy in the Gulf of Aden
The most current piracy statistics and analysis released by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) indicates a recent spike of incidents, largely attributable to increased piracy activity off the Somali Coast, particularly in the Gulf of Aden.
While the 114 total incidents reported in [...]
