Month: October 2019
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Ship’s Stores Stolen From LPG Tanker at Kakinda Anchorage, India
September 23: Four unauthorized persons boarded an anchored LPG tanker using a hook attached with rope. Alert crew noticed the persons and raised the alarm resulting in them escaping in […]
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Mooring Line Stolen From General Cargo Vessel Anchored Near Bandar Penawar
September 25, 22:06: Approximately 16nm east of Bandar Penawar, Malaysia, a bosun onboard an anchored general cargo ship sighted three unauthorized persons on the forecastle and immediately informed the OOW, […]
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Boarding via Anchor Chain and Theft Aboard Tanker Anchored Near Bandar Penawar, Malaysia
September 25, 20:15 UTC: Approx. 16nm east of Bandar Penawar, Johor, Malaysia, unauthorized persons boarded an anchored tanker unnoticed via anchor chain and stole ship’s equipment from the forward store […]
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Attempted Boarding Via Anchor Hawse Pipe At Mabini Anchorage
September 23, 17:00 UTC: Duty crew onboard an anchored tanker at Mabini anchorage in the Philippines (position 13:46N – 120:59E) noticed a person attempting to open the anchor hawse pipe […]
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Armed Robbery Aboard Container Vessel Near Guayaquil, Ecuador
September 22, 01:00 UTC: Two duty crew onboard a container ship under pilotage near position 02:32.44S, 080:05.72W (approx. 4.5nm WNW of Isla Escalante, Ecuador) failed to respond to routine radio […]
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Theft Aboard Vessel at Lagos Secure Anchorage
September 23: On the 23rd September at 0315UTC, an unspecified MV was in LAGOS secure anchorage [11nm off Lagos, Nigeria), in position 06°17’24”N – 003°14’06”E, the watchman on duty noticed […]
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Suspicious Sighting Near Bonny, Nigeria
September 21, 08:55 UTC: On the 21st september at 0855 UTC, in position 03°25’39”N – 007°01’03”E [65nm off Bonny, Nigeria], an unspecified tanker spotted a skiff with 5 to 6 […]
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Royal Navy Destroyer HMS DUNCAN Returns From Defending British Shipping in Hormuz Strait
September 28: A Royal Navy destroyer has returned to its home base after escorting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz amid tensions with Iran. The 250-strong ship’s company of HMS […]
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Two Major Cyberattacks Have Targetted Kuwait Transportation and Shipping Industry This Year
September 25: The Kuwait transportation and shipping industry has undergone two major cyber attack campaigns on their IT systems between May and June 2019, identified by Unit 42, a global […]
