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Weekly Piracy Report - 1 to 7 February 2005
Busy week for the buccaneers:  07.02.2005 at 0400 LT at Buenaventura inner anchorage 3, Colombia. Two robbers boarded a bulk carrier at forecastle and broke padlocks on store rooms. Alert crew raised alarm and robbers jumped overboard and escaped empty handed. Master informed coast guard and a coast guard boat arrived promptly within nine minutes for investigation. 06.02.2005 at 1936 UTC in posn: 01:21.6S-116:58.3E, Balikpapan anchorage, Indonesia. Robbers boarded a tanker during STS operations. Police on board opened fire at robbers but they managed to cut ropes of two liferafts and throw them overboard. They jumped overboard and escaped in their boat taking liferafts. Police searched the area but could not apprehend robbers. 03.02.2005 at 1530 UTC in posn: 19:43N - 119:20E, off Luzon strait, South China Sea. A craft doing 20 kts approached a bulk carrier underway at stbd side. D/O raised alarm and took evasive manoeuvres. Crew switched on deck lights, directed searchlights and activated fire hoses. Attempt was aborted and craft moved away. 03.02.2005 at 1530 UTC in posn: 03:12S - 116:21E, Kota Baru anchorage, Indonesia. Six robbers armed with knives boarded a bulk carrier. They hit a duty A/B on his head and tied him up. D/O sent a cadet to look for A/B but robbers held a knife at his throat and tied him up. Robbers opened forward locker and tried to steal ship's stores. D/O raised alarm and crew mustered. Robbers stole ships equipment and escaped in an unlit boat. Master called port control but received no response. 02.02.2005 at 0245 LT in posn: 01:16N - 104:10E, Singapore straits. Ten masked pirates armed with guns and long knives boarded a chemical tanker underway. They tried to break bridge window glass but did not succeed and escaped empty handed. Master raised alarm, sounded ship's whistle and reported to VTIS Singapore. Marine police came and searched the area. 02.02.2005 at 0130 LT at Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh. Seven robbers armed with long knives boarded a chemical tanker. They stole ship's stores and escaped in an unlit boat. 02.02.2005 at 0350 LT at Kandla anchorage, India. Two robbers armed with long knives boarded a bulk carrier at forecastle. D/O raised alarm and crew mustered. Robbers jumped overboard and escaped in an unlit boat with ship's equipment. Authorities informed. 01.02.2005 at 0030 LT at Tan Thuan port off Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Two robbers boarded a bulk carrier at berth during discharging operations. They broke into storeroom and tried to steal ship's stores. Alert crew raised alarm and robbers escaped empty handed. Posted by: Pappy 2005-02-09 |
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