Wednesday, July 30, 2008

IMB PIRATE REPORTS for the month of July 2008

July 2008: 0135 LT: Posn: 21:48N – 091:42E, Kutubdia Island, Bangladesh. Two pirates using a rope & hook boarded a tanker at anchor. Alert duty watch-keepers raised alarm. Robbers disembarked into a waiting boat, which had 4 other robbers & escaped. No injury to crew. Nothing reported stolen. (Sat. July 12 2008).

1 July 2008: 0330 LT: Nha Be River, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam. Three pirates boarded and broke into the forward locker on a container ship at anchor. Alert anti piracy watch-keepers raised alarm. Robbers jumped overboard & escaped. Nothing stolen. No injuries to crew. (Sat. July 12 2008).

1 July 2008: 0230 UTC: Posn: 10:15N - 107:07E: Vung Tau Anchorage, Vietnam. Pirates boarded & stole ship stores from the forward locker on a tanker at anchor. Anti piracy watch-keepers spotted the robbers & raised the alarm. Robbers escaped with stolen goods. No injuries to crew. (Sat. July 12 2008).

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