17 suspected sea pirates nabbed in Rivers
1 June 2020
Nigerian kidnap victims paid up to $20 million
1 June 2020GULF OF GUINEA
NIGERIA: On 23 May, 12 armed men in two speedboats ambushed a passenger vessel transiting from Bakana to Degema, River State in the Niger Delta at 04:44N – 006:54E. Four of the passengers were police officers. When the armed men opened fire on the vessel, the policemen initially returned fire. In the end, the boat driver and three of the policemen jumped into the water and swam to safety. The armed men subsequently attacked the remaining policeman and threw him into the water before departing the area with two civilian hostages. (Clearwater Dynamics)
(NIGERIA: On 30 Apri l at 1940UTC, pirates in a speedboat approached and boarded the Panam a- flagged product tanker VEMAHOPE 150 NM southwest of Brass at 03:30N – 003:49E. The pirates kidnapped 10 of the 14 crew members before escaping. A Nigerian Navy Security Vessel responded and provided assistance to the tanker. UPDATE: Ten hostages were released 21 days following the kidnapping. Nine of the hostages were Georgians who are now on their way home. (Clearwater Dynamics, Maritime Bulletin, Dryad Globa l, 1MB, Maritime Executive)
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SOUTHEAST ASIA
VIETNAM: On 22 May at 0130LT, a crew member following a cargo operation discovered a theft had occurred on the anchored Liberia -flagged bulk carrier BALTIC COVE in the Campha Anchorage at 20:57N – 107:18E.The crew member discovered some hose nozzles in a drum near the paint store. A subsequent inspect ion revealed a hoisting wire was also missing from the bosun store. The incident was reported to the local agent. (ReCAAP, Clearwater Dynamics)
CREDITS:
https://www.oni.navy.mil/
https://www.recaap.org/
https://gog-mdat.org/home
