Piracy monthly report December 2020 Acts of piracy and armed robbery allegedly committed against ships reported by Member States or international organizations in consultative status Ship Name Type of Ship Flag Was the incident Reporting State or Gross Tonnage Date Position of the Consequences for crew, Action taken by the reported to the coastal international Coastal State N° IMO Number Time incident* Details of the incident ship, cargo master and the crew authority? Which one? organization Action Taken 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS 1 Cool Girl 03/12/2020 WEST AFRICA NIL Alarm raised, speed No PRC received the NA Around 100nm SSW of Refrigerated cargo 10:35 UTC Brass Duty watchman onboard the ship underway increased and non- incident report from carrier Nigeria noticed two boats approaching at a distance of essential crew Authorities Panama 02° 50.00' N 3nm. Master alerted the onboard security team mustered in the 005° 25.00' E 8507 and increased speed. Two speed boats with six citadel 9194921 persons in each closed in to 0.5 cables and fired upon the ship. Alarm raised and non-essential crew mustered in the citadel. The security team responded resulting in the boats aborting the approach and moving away. The ship continued her voyage. 2 Minerva Evropi 04/12/2020 WEST AFRICA While underway, a tanker was approached and The pirates fired upon Alarm sounded, Yes PRC relayed the NA Around 200NM South Tanker 09:40 UTC West of Bayelsa fired upon by pirates in a skiff. General alarm toward the tanker SSAS activated, MDAT-GoG message to Nigerian Greece Nigeria sounded, PA announcement made, fire pumps evasive manoeuvres Navy HQ & Nimasa 81361 02° 34.13' N activated, speed increased, evasive manoeuvres conducted and all 002° 53.70' E 9785237 commenced, SSAS activated and crew retreated crew mustered in into safe area. Due to the hardening measures the citadel and evasive manoeuvres taken by the Master, the skiff aborted the attack and moved away. Vessel and crews reported safe. 3 New Ranger 06/12/2020 WEST AFRICA Nil Yes PRC relayed the NA Around 98nm SSW of Product tanker 04:42 UTC Brass Alarm raised and all France Navy via Owner message to Italian Malta Nigeria Four pirates boarded a tanker underway. Master crew retreated into Navy, Nigerian Navy 8499 02° 42.00' N activated the alarm and all crew retreated into the the citadel HQ & Nimasa 9328326 citadel. The pirates were unable to reach the crew and left the vessel without stealing anything. Vessel and crew reported safe. 4 Bonny Island 08/12/2020 NORTH ATLANTIC Unnoticed, robbers boarded an anchored bulk Ship’s properties stolen Nil Yes PRC Relayed the Terminal OCEAN Bulk carrier 05:45 UTC Macapa Anchorage carrier, stole ship’s properties and escaped. Local agent message to MRCC security guard Hong Kong, China Brazil Incident was reported to the local authorities. Brazil boarded the 32377 vessel and a 9610731 search was carried out 5 Name Withheld 10/12/2020 WEST AFRICA An unknown numbers of pirates attacked and Five crew members NA Yes PRC received the NA Around 51nm WSW General cargo ship 08:00 UTC Bayelsa boarded the ship underway. They kidnapped five kidnapped NA incident report from Cameroon Nigeria crew members and escaped. The remaining crew Authorities 531 04° 37.41' N sailed the ship to a safe port. 004° 38.12' E * The position given should be as accurate as possible including latitude and longitude co-ordinates or as a bearing and distance from a conspicuous landmark Page 1 of 4 NOTE: SOUTH AMERICA: (A) - Atlantic; (C) - Caribbean; (P) - Pacific 6 Bridgewater 80 12/12/2020 INDIAN OCEAN While underway and dead towing a bulk carrier, 10 There was no reported The master Yes ReCAAP ISC via Responding to West of Kutubdia Tug 18:50 LT Bangladesh perpetrators armed with knives in two small boats damage to the tug immediately Local Coast Guard ReCAAP Focal the master's Singapore 21° 48.80' N approached the tug boat/supply vessel from boat/supply and the contacted the local Point (Singapore) call, the local 1705 091° 42.50' E starboard side. The perpetrators boarded the tug crew was not injured. Coast Guard when coast guard 9299848 boat/supply vessel and stole two Two drums of hydraulic he discovered the proceeded to drums of hydraulic oil and hoses. The master oil and hoses were perpetrators on the incident immediately contacted the local Coast Guard stolen. board. location. when he discovered the perpetrators on board. Responding to the master's call, the local coast guard proceeded to the incident location. There was no reported damage to the tug boat/supply and the crew was not injured. 7 Vantage Rider 14/12/2020 SOUTH CHINA SEA During routine rounds, duty officer on board the Ship’s stores and spare NA Yes PRC relayed the NA Lubuk Gaung Port, 21:00 UTC Dumai, ship was taken hostage and tied up by four parts were stolen Local Authority through message to Liberia Indonesia robbers armed with knives. The robbers stole local agents Indonesian Marine 18481 01° 44.67' N ship’s stores and spare parts and released the Police HQ 101° 22.59' E 9613226 duty officer before escaping. 8 Maersk Cadiz 19/12/2020 WEST AFRICA While underway, the container ship was boarded The crew was not The crew proceeded Yes ReCAAP ISC via The local 120 nm south of Onne Container ship 13:36 LT Nigeria by an unknown number of perpetrators. The crew injured. It is not known if to the citadel. The MDAT-GOG) and local ReCAAP Focal security Singapore 02° 36.79' N proceeded to the citadel. The master contacted there were any items master was able to security service provider Point (Singapore) service 50869 006° 12.19' E the company office/CSO via satellite phone. The stolen or damage to the establish provider 9526459 CSO contacted the Marine Domain ship at the time of communication with responded to Awareness for Trade – Gulf of Guinea (MDAT- reporting of the incident. the company the CSO’s GOG), as well as the local security service office/CSO via request for provider and requested for naval assets in the satellite phone. assistance by vicinity to render assistance. The local security deploying a service provider under the control of the Nigerian patrol craft, Navy responded by deploying a patrol craft, Defender VI Defender VI and two utility vessels, Owho and and two utility Sirius, to the location of the container ship. The vessels, Owho three ships arrived at the location at about 0150 and Sirius, to hours (UTC) on 20 Dec. The Navy personnel the location of from the Nigerian Navy ships boarded the the container container ship and did a sweep of the ship to ship. ascertain that there were no perpetrators on The Navy board. After given the all clear, the crew came out personnel from the citadel. All 21 crew were safe. The crew from the did a check on board the ship to determine if Nigerian Navy anything was stolen or damage. The ship resumed ships boarded her voyage to Kribi, Cameroon under escort by the container one of the Nigerian Navy ships. ship and did a sweep of the ship to ascertain that there were no perpetrators on board. One of the Nigerian Navy ships * The position given should be as accurate as possible including latitude and longitude co-ordinates or as a bearing and distance from a conspicuous landmark Page 2 of 4 NOTE: SOUTH AMERICA: (A) - Atlantic; (C) - Caribbean; (P) - Pacific escorted the container ship on her voyage to Kribi, Cameroon. 9 Port Gdynia 21/12/2020 WEST AFRICA Nil Crew mustered in Yes PRC relayed the NA Around 107nm SSW of Container ship 04:09 UTC Brass An unknown number of pirates attacked and the citadel MDAT-GoG message to Nigeria Malta Nigeria boarded the ship underway. Crew mustered in the Navy HQ (Ops room), 34642 02° 37.00' N citadel. After a few hours, the ship and crew were & NIMASA 005° 37.00' E 9334387 reported safe. 10 BW Pavilion Leeara 22/12/2020 WEST AFRICA While underway, the master of the tanker reported The crew was not The master No MDAT-GoG and NA Off Gulf of Guinea LPG tanker 11:15 LT Guinea the sighting of a suspicious craft approaching the injured, and the ship not increased the speed shipping company Singapore 02° 26.50' N ship’s port quarter. He immediately increased the damaged of the ship and 105945 005° 24.90' E speed of the ship and altered course. The altered course. The 9640645 suspicious craft followed by changing its crew was mustered course, increased speed and continued to pursue to the citadel except the ship. The general alarm was raised and all the master, duty crew mustered to the citadel except the master, officer and duty officer and watchmen. The master continued watchmen. to increase speed, altered course and alerted his company and the Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade – Gulf of Guinea (MDATGOG). The suspicious craft stopped its pursuit after 45 mins. The crew was not injured, and ship not damaged. 11 Diyala 29/12/2020 WEST AFRICA Five armed pirates in a skiff with a ladder Nil Master took evasive No PRC relayed the NA Around 94nm South of Tanker 16:40 UTC Brass approached and attempted to board a tanker manoeuvres message to Nigerian Marshall Islands Nigeria underway. Master took evasive manoeuvres Navy HQ (Ops room) 162192 02° 44.00' N resulting in the attempt being aborted.