Real Pirates! Weekly Piracy Report!

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It's been a couple of weeks since I have posted a piracy report, things are still a bit slow off the coast of Somalia. The weather doesn't clearing quite as expected, but that should change in the next couple of weeks. As soon as pirate activity pics up again, or we get the new front page up and working, I will go back to doing this report on a regular weekly basis. I try to keep my pirate news thread as up to date as possible, you can find that thread HERE. On to the ICC's report!

Live Piracy Report
The IMB Live Piracy Report displays all Piracy and Armed Robberyincidents reported to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre in the last tendays. Click on the map for more details.

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28.08.2009: 1950 UTC: Ciwandan port, Indonesia.

While berthed, four robbers armed with knives boarded the vessel from a motor boat. They attempted to open the door to the engine room.Duty watchman noticed them and raised alarm. On seeing the alert crew,the robbers jumped overboard and escaped. Authorities informed. View


04.09.2009: 1902 UTC: Posn: 03:48.03N – 009:25.04E: Douala, near buoy no. B3, Cameroon.

Armed robbers in two skiffs, approached a LPG tanker restricted in her ability to manoeuvre. One skiff managed to throw a hook and lineover the vessel. The alert crew raised the alarm, switched on the deck lights and mustered. Seeing alert crew the robbers aborted and moved away. Later the Master heard over the VHF that armed robbers had assaulted the crew and looted another vessel. The robbers had jammed the VHF signal for the duration of the attack. View


05.09.2009: 1610 UTC: Posn: 02:03.8N – 045:30.65E: Mogadishu anchorage: Somalia.



Ten heavily armed robbers in two speedboats opened fire at a general cargo ship carrying out repairs to her engines at anchorage.Crew threw molotov cocktails and signal rockets at the speedboats. One crew injured. Vessel sustained damages. View


04.09.2009: 2100 LT: Mamonal inner anchorage, Colombia.


Robbers boarded a product tanker at anchor, unnoticed, and stoleship's property and escaped. Duty crew observed the padlock of theforward store broken and raised the alarm. Crew mustered and searchedthe area and found traces of bare feet on deck. Coast guard informedand they came for investigation. View


30.08.2009: 1055 UTC: Posn: 01:09.1N – 103:36.9E, Nippa anchorage, Singapore Straits.


Five robbers armed with two machine guns in a boat attempted to board a bulk carrier at anchor. The robbers used hooks attached with ropes to board the ship but were noticed by duty crew who raised the alarm. Robbers aborted the attempt upon seeing the crew alertness and fled in a NE'ly direction. VTIS Singapore and ships in the vicinity informed. View


27.08.2009: 0500 LT: No.5 berth, Apapa port, Lagos, Nigeria.



Four robbers boarded a chemical tanker at berth and threatened the duty watchman with gun. The robbers stole ships properties and escaped by boat. The local authorities informed. No one injured. View


26.08.2009: 0130 LT: Moin anchorage, Costa Rica.


Two robbers boarded a container ship by using hooks. Duty watchman alerted the master and crew. On noticing the crew, robbers jumped overboard and escaped without stealing anything. Local authorities informed. View


26.08.2009: 0829 UTC: Posn: 13:08N – 048:45E: Gulf of Aden.



Armed pirates in a skiff chased and fired upon a general cargo ship underway. Alarm raised, crew mustered, evasive manoeuvres made and distress signal sent on VHF Ch. 16. A warship and a military helicopter arrived at location to render assistance. Ship continued passage to destination port. View