Live Piracy & Armed Robbery Report 2018
Live Piracy & Armed Robbery Report 2018
059-18
Product Tanker
Puerto La Cruz Anchorage
24.03.2018: 0142 UTC: Posn: 10:17.0N - 064:42.5W, Puerto La Cruz Anchorage, Venezuela.
Robbers armed with guns boarded an anchored tanker. Duty crew on routine rounds noticed the robbers on the forecastle deck and immediately raised the alarm. Seeing the alerted crew, two robbers were seen escaping. On conducting a search, the forecastle store padlock was reported broken and ship's properties stolen. Port Control notified via Vhf Ch. 16/13. The Coast Guard later dispatched a vessel to search the anchorage waters around the vessel.
Robbers armed with guns boarded an anchored tanker. Duty crew on routine rounds noticed the robbers on the forecastle deck and immediately raised the alarm. Seeing the alerted crew, two robbers were seen escaping. On conducting a search, the forecastle store padlock was reported broken and ship's properties stolen. Port Control notified via Vhf Ch. 16/13. The Coast Guard later dispatched a vessel to search the anchorage waters around the vessel.
24-03-2018
Boarded