Ship Stores Theft at Nacala Anchorage, Mozambique

August 08: At approx. 19:30 UTC two unauthorized persons armed with unspecified weapons boarded an anchored chemical tanker at Nacala Anchorage, Mozambique. They boarded the vessel via the hawse pipe and broke into the forecastle store. Crew aboard the tanker noticed the unauthorized persons, and raised the alarm, at which point the two escaped with stolen ship’s stores.