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2022-09-03
079-22
Bulk Carrier
Macapa Anchorage
30.08.2022: 0400 UTC: Posn: 00:03.1N – 050:59.7W, Macapa Anchorage, Brazil.
Twenty persons wearing black face masks, armed with a gun and long knives boarded an anchored bulk carrier. Six local security guards and duty crew were beaten by the robbers who then tied their hands and feet. Master raised the alarm and called port control via the VHF channel. Hearing the VHF calls, the robbers aborted their attempt to enter the accommodation and escaped with stolen ship’s stores.
Twenty persons wearing black face masks, armed with a gun and long knives boarded an anchored bulk carrier. Six local security guards and duty crew were beaten by the robbers who then tied their hands and feet. Master raised the alarm and called port control via the VHF channel. Hearing the VHF calls, the robbers aborted their attempt to enter the accommodation and escaped with stolen ship’s stores.
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