IMB ICC Live Piracy & Armed Robbery Report 2019 - Reported in Last 7 days #marsec #piracy @IMB_P

Asket Operations
Feb 11, 2019
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Incidents reported by the IMB in the last 7 days:

017-19

09.02.2019; 0340 UTC:

Posn : 06:21.1N – 010:47.8W, Port of Monrovia, Liberia.

Duty crew on routine rounds onboard a berthed product tanker noticed a robber armed with a knife. Alarm sounded, resulting in the robber escaping. On searching the vessel, ships stores were reported stolen. Incident reported to local agent and port control.

016-19

03.01.2019:2325 UTC:

Posn : 06:17.8N - 003:19.3E, Lagos Security Anchorage Area, Nigeria.

Two unauthorised persons boarded a tanker during STS operations. The security guard noticed the robber and raised the alarm resulting in the persons escaping. Nothing was stolen.

015-19

05.02.2019: 2205 UTC:

Posn : 03:55.4N – 098:40E, Belawan Anchorage, Indonesia.

Duty crew on routine rounds noticed a robber escaping via the hawse pipe and raised the alarm. Crew mustered and on searching the vessel ships properties reported missing.

014-19

03.02.2019: 1630 UTC:

Posn: 23:02.02N – 070:13.39E, Oil Jetty No.4, Kandla Port, India.

The chief officer on routine rounds noticed a boat under the forecastle and notified the other deck crew. Seeing the alerted crew, the boat moved away. On inspection it was noticed that a store room had been broken into, but nothing reported stolen. Port authorities notified.