LPG Vessel - Robbery at Anchor - Takoradi Anchorage, Ghana (4 Aug 17). @IMB_Piracy @IMOHQ #marsec #p

ASKET Operations Team
Aug 23, 2017
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IMB ICC 107-17

LPG Tanker

04.08.2017: 2155 UTC:

Posn: 04:54.35N – 001:39.69W, Takoradi Anchorage, Ghana.

Deck watch keepers onboard an anchored LPG tanker noticed a robber near the STBD side poop deck and informed the OOW who raised the alarm. Hearing the alarm and seeing the crew alertness, the robber jumped overboard and escaped with his accomplice waiting in a boat.

On carrying out a thorough search, it was reported that the ship’s properties were stolen.