Illegal Boarding - Banana Anchorage 3nm from Shore

Incident Type: - d. Criminal Boarding

Region: - Gulf of Guinea

Authority/ Reported By: - Dryad Ch16

Date:-25/05/20:-

Time:-Position: - 06° 00.6S, 012° 19.8E

Remarks:

Reporting indicates the Hong Kong flagged container ship was illegally boarded by one individual. The duty crew on deck spotted the intruder on board removing lashing from a deck. The alarm was raised, and the crew mustered.

The intruder fled the vessel in small boat with outboard motor. Vessel search conducted and no other abnormalities noted. One container had one lashing bar removed. All attempt to contact Pilot/shore by VHF 16 failed.

All crews are reported safe.

This is only the second incident in this location within the last 12 months.

Incident reporting within this area remains sparse and limited to boarding for theft.

Original report Here: Dryad CH16