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25 November 2020Updated – WIED Explosion on the AGRARI Tanker
26 November 2020
Reporting indicates that the St Kitts flagged general cargo vessel MILAN (IMO 8113619) has been boarded 14nm NNM of the Pennington Terminal 10nm from shore resulting in the kidnap of 10 crew.
Dryad Reports indicate that the St Kitts flagged general cargo vessel MILANO 1 (IMO 8113619) has been boarded 14nm NNM of the Pennington Terminal 10nm from shore.
The status of the vessel and crew remains unknown at this time. Dryad Global will update accordingly.
The vessel was in transit from Escravos to Douala, Cameroon. AIS indicates that the vessel was in a southbound transit when she stopped on the evening of the 25th. The precise time of the attack remains unclear.
This is the 6th boarding incident (excluding Lagos) within Nigerian TTW within 2020. Recent established regional trends have shown an increase in boarding incidents beyond the Nigerian EEZ with Nigerian PAG’s seeking to operate beyond the traditional heartland of the Nigerian EEZ.
