Live Piracy & Armed Robbery Report 2018
Live Piracy & Armed Robbery Report 2018
076-18
General Cargo
Around 38nm SSW of Bonny Island
21.04.2018: 0534 UTC: Posn: 03:48N - 006:50E, Around 38nm SSW of Bonny Island, Nigeria.
Armed pirates boarded a general cargo ship enroute from Takoradi, Ghana to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, kidnapped 11 crew members and escaped. The incident was reported to the Nigerian Navy and a patrol boat was sent to the location. Naval personnel boarded and searched the ship, and found three crew members onboard. The ship sailed under the escort of the patrol boat to a safe location.
Armed pirates boarded a general cargo ship enroute from Takoradi, Ghana to Port Harcourt, Nigeria, kidnapped 11 crew members and escaped. The incident was reported to the Nigerian Navy and a patrol boat was sent to the location. Naval personnel boarded and searched the ship, and found three crew members onboard. The ship sailed under the escort of the patrol boat to a safe location.
21-04-2018
Boarded