25th monthly report - „Maritime Piracy and Terrorism“agema-services.de/.../2016/...report-Maritime-Piracy-and-Terrorism.pdf · 2 Platform Aunty Julie 09.01 ... Maritime piracy

Please direct your questions and comments to: [email protected]

AGEMA-Services GmbH CEO: Sven Meyer District court: Kiel / Germany Commercial registry: HRB 13739 KI VAT ID: DE282007669

25th monthly report - „Maritime Piracy and Terrorism“

Weeks 53 - 4 (01. January – 31. January 2015)

Published by:

AGEMA-Services, Am Kiel-Kanal 1, 24106 Kiel, Intelligence Department

- All rights reserved, this document is copyrighted - Distribution and modification only after agreement

Contents

1 Pirate activity: General overview - 2 -

2 West Africa - 7 - 2.1 Incident reports West Africa, January 2016 - 8 -

3 Indian Ocean - 15 - 3.1 Incident reports Indian Ocean, January 2016 - 16 -

4 Southeast Asia - 19 - 4.1 Incident reports Southeast Asia, January 2016 - 20 -

5 Mediterranean Sea - 23 - 5.1 Incident reports Mediterranean Sea, January 2016 - 24 -

Sources:

[A] ICC – Live Piracy Report

[B] IMO GISIS Piracy and Armed Robbery

[C] NATO Shipping Centre

[D) Office of Naval Intelligence

[E] www.news.odin.tc/Maritime Bulletin

[F] www.marineforum.info

[G] International news portals

[H] regional/local news portals

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 2 -

1 Pirate activity: General overview

The total number of maritime piracy and terrorism increases in January. While pirate activity in

the Indian Ocean and the incidents in the Mediterranean Sea remain nearly on the same level,

piracy in the Southeast Asia area diminishes significantly. As in the previous month the reported

incidents in West African waters surge.

General trends 2015/2016, number of reports

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

Extended Trend, weekly based(2015/2016)

West Africa Indian Ocean Southeast Asia

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

EXTENDED TREND, PIRATE ACTIVITY (2015/2016)

West Africa Indian Ocean Southeast Asia

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 3 -

a. Overview by ships type

West Africa Container Ship’s name Date Area Incident Damage

1

Tanker Ship’s name Date Area Incident Damage

1 Unknown 12.01.2016 Lagos, Nigeria Other 14 stowa-ways aboard

2 Unknown 19.01.2016 Pointe Noire An-chorage, Congo

Robbery, an-chorage

Ship’s stores stolen

3 Unknown 22.01.2016 Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Robbery, an-chorage


4 SEA ADVENTURE 23.01.2016 32nm off Nigeria Attack None

Bulker Ship’s name Date Area Incident Damage

1 Unknown 22.01.2016 Coast of Nigeria Approach None

MPP Carrier Ship’s name Date Area Incident Damage

-

Offshore Ves-sel

Ship’s name Date Area Incident Damage

-

Other Ship’s name Date Area Incident Damage

1 Unknown 04.01.2016 Pointe Noire An-chorage, Congo

Robbery, an-chorage

None

2 Platform Aunty Julie 09.01.2016 Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Attack None

3 ---- 09.01.2016 Cross River State, Nigeria

Attack Unknown

4 Unknown 12.01.2016 Lagos, Nigeria Approach None

5 FT KULAX IX 13.01.2016 Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Kidnapping 2 crew member kid-napped

6 Unknown 15.01.2016 Nigeria coastline Kidnapping 16 passen-gers and 2 crew mem-bers kid-napped

7 Unknown 15.01.2016 Nigeria Robbery, un-derway

Navigation equipment damaged, crew’s per-sonal effects and cash stolen

8 SILVER SKY 19.01.2016 64nm SW of Bayelsa, Nigeria

Attack 1 crew member shot

9 Unknown 19.01.2016 Abidjan anchor-age, Cote d’Ivoire

Robbery, an-chorage

Quantity of rope stolen

10 Unknown 21.01.2016 Off Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria

Attack Unknown

11 AUSTRHEIM 23.01.2016 Coast of Nigeria Attack Unknown

12 SEA LION I 24.01.2016 Matadi Anchor-age, DRC

Robbery, an-chorage

Rope stolen

13 Unknown 25.01.2016 Rivers state, Ni-geria

Attack 1 person killed and 3 injured

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 4 -

14 Unknown 25.01.2016 Ogbotobo wa-terways, Nigeria

Robbery, an-chorage

3 passenger boats robbed

15 Unknown 30.01.2016 Nigeria Attack None

16 Unknown 31.01.2016 160nm off Lome, Togo

Other None

Indian Ocean Container Ship’s name Date Area Incident Damage

-


1 BOW KISO 11.01.2016 Kandla Anchor-age, India

Robbery, an-chorage

None

2 Unknown 27.01.2016 Kandla Anchor-age, India

Robbery, an-chorage

Firefighting equipment and butter-fly nuts sto-len


1 CMB MEDOC 11.01.2016 Kandla Anchor-age, India

Robbery, an-chorage

Ship’s prop-erties stolen

2 GLOBE PEGASUS 27.01.2016 Arabian Sea Approach None


-

Offshore Ves-sel


- -


1 Belle Vista Hotel 08.01.2016 Hurghada, Egypt Attack 2 assailants killed 3 tour-ists killed

2 Unknown 15.01.2016 Persian Gulf Attack 1 crew member killed; navi-gation equipment and radios stolen

Southeast Asia Container Ship’s name Date Area Incident Damage

-


1 SERJEANT 23.01.2016 Visakhapatnam Anchorage, In-dia

Robbery, an-chorage



1 Unknown 01.01.2016 Tianjin Outer Anchorage

Robbery, an-chorage

39 metric tons of gas oil stolen

2 TRIDENT CHAL-LENGER

04.01.2016 Hon Gai Anchor-age, Vietnam

Robbery, an-chorage


3 IVS SENTOSA 07.01.2016 Hon Cam An-chorage

Robbery, an-chorage



-

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 5 -

Offshore Ves-sel


1 CREST HYDRA 15.01.2016 Batam, Indone-sia

Robbery, an-chorage

Ship’s prop-erties stolen


-

Mediterranean Sea Container Ship’s name Date Area Incident Damage

-


-


-


-

Offshore Ves-sel


-


1 Unknown 26.01.2016 off Libya Other Unknown

2 Unknown 27.01.2016 off Kos Other Six people drowned

3 Unknown 27.01.2016 off Libya Other None

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 6 -

b. Total Overview West Africa Indian Ocean Southeast Asia Mediterranean Total

Total 22 6 5 3 36

Type of Incident

Approach 2 1 3

Attack 8 2 10

Boarding

Hijack

Kidnapping 3 3

Robbery, harbor

Robbery, anchorage 6 3 5 14

Robbery, underway 1 1

Other 2 3 5

Ship’s Type

Container 1 1

Tanker 4 2 1 7

Bulk Carrier 1 2 3 6

MPP Carrier

Offshore Supply Ves-sel

1

1

Other 16 2 3 21

Time

Day 3 1 4

Night 8 2 2 12

Morning 2 1 2 5

Evening 4 1 5

Unknown 5 2 3 10

Status

Underway/drifting 9 2 3 14

Anchored 6 3 5 14

Unknown 7 1 8

Dead 2 2 1 5

Injured 1 1 2

Hostages 3 3

Shot at 6 2 8

Firearms sighted 8 8

Knifes sighted 3 3 1 7

RPG sighted

VPT on board 1

VPT/use of flares 1

VPT/show of weapons

VPT/warning shots

VPT/aimed fire

Remarks:

- Incidents are listed according to the publication of the report not of the actual date of the incident.

- Discrepancies between single assets and total account may result out of multiple types of incident for a single incident.

- Attacks, Hijackings, Kidnappings, and in some boardings are categorized as incidents of high intensity.

- Obviously double reported incidents are counted as just one occurrence; warning reports are not included in the statistics.

- “Type of incident“ only counts the highest level reached per incident, less serious stages are not taken into account (e.g.

for each hijack a vessel has to been boarded previously, in such a case only the hijack will be registered but not the board-

ing).

- All three types of robbery also include cases of intended robbery. According to experience specific approaches or boardings

are counted as robbery.

- “Approach“ also includes reported sightings of suspicious crafts. The reporting vessel does not have to be approached at

all.

- “Dead“, “injured” and „hostages“ only lists the number of cases not the actual number of dead, injured or hostages.

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 7 -

2 West Africa

Maritime piracy and terrorism reaches the highest level since AGEMA-Services started to com-

pile its own statistic of pirate activity. Twenty-two incidents occur in January 2016. This is highly

remarkable after the decrease during the autumn period. But the development is not surprising

at all. In the previous month the rebound of incidents had already started. It must therefore be

concluded that the regional fight against piracy is not that successful as regional authorities

have pretended in the last months.

Most of the incidents are of high intensity. Eight attacks (e.g. B, C, K, M and S)) took place. All

of them are located in Nigerian waters or within the 12-nautical-mile zone. Most of them are of

brutal nature but refer to the typical pattern of “attacks”. Only the incidents B and C differ from

the others and are likely not piracy related. It can be assumed that they are politically moti-

vated. The three kidnappings F, G and I are also of typical type. The hostages kidnapped in inci-

dent I are already released. In the other two

cases ransom demands have to be expected.

Additionally, several robberies are recorded.

Thereby it appears that the anchorage areas of

the Democratic Republic of Congo could become

a new hot-spot. The robberies A, J and R are sit-

uated there while H and T occurred nearby Nige-

ria as well. Moreover two low-impact assaults (L

and N) were reported from the Ivory Coast.

Taken all together piracy is still a pressing issue that should be address directly and without

reserve.

Comments

Hot-spot: Nigeria

Eight attacks

Several casualties

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 8 -

2.1 Incident reports West Africa, January 2016

A Pointe Noire Anchorage, Congo

Date: 04.01.2016 An anchored vessel was boarded by 3 men, they were spotted on the deck by on-duty watchmen who starting shouting at the men and informed the Bridge. The men then jumped over board and into a small dark colored boat and paddled away. No weapons were sighted and no items were stolen.

Time: 2230UTC

Posn: 04°46S 011°50E

Ship: Merchant vessel

Status of ship: Anchored

Type of incident Robbery, anchor-

age

B Conoil Oil Field, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Date: 09.01.2016 A speedboat with 8 armed men on-board attacked platform Aunty Julie within the Conoil Oil Field. The security vessel for the platform spotted and inter-cepted the approach. The embarked navy person-nel exchanged gunfire and repelled the attack. The speedboat fled towards an unknown location. No casualties have been reported.

Time: 1540LT

Posn: 04°25N 005°35E

Ship: “Platform Aunty

Julie”

Status of ship: ----

Type of incident Attack

C Bayside, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Date: 09.01.2015 A fire fight took place between The Nigerian Navy and suspected militants during the morning hours. Local residents witnessed the incident. It is not clear what led up to the cause of the exchange of fire or the events surrounding the incident.

Time: Unknown

Posn: 04°58N 008°25E

Ship: ----



D Lagos, Nigeria

Date: 12.01.2016 A Master sighted 2 suspicious vessels near the sin-gle buoy mooring, Lagos. At the time of the suspi-cious approach, his vessel was stationary due to discharging being suspended. Immediately upon sighting the approaching vessels all crew were in-formed and the embarked Naval armed guards made their presence known and informed the Na-val patrol boat. Upon seeing the crews alertness and the on board security the suspicious vessels aborted their approach and left the area. Once the patrol boat arrived to offer assistance a search was carried out of the area and no suspicious vessels were seen.

Time: 0115UTC

Posn: 06°22N 003°22E

Ship: Unknown

Status of ship: Unknown

Type of incident Approach

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 9 -

E Lagos, Nigeria

Date: 12.01.2016 A Master of a tanker sighted that stowaways man-

aged to board his vessel. The tanker had departed

the Lagos Capital Jetty and was approaching the

breakwater when crew members carried out a

stowaway search. During this search they found

14 stowaways in the rudder trunk. Due to the

metal barrier welded in the trunk the stowaways

could not gain further access. The Master con-

tacted his agent who informed him to contact the

Navy, the Master was advised to wait for daylight

hours and contact the agent again. At 0730 LT, the

agents confirmed a boat will be deployed to col-

lect the stowaways. At 0948 LT, the stowaways

were transferred and the tanker was able to con-

tinue to her final destination of Gibraltar.

Time: 2230UTC

Posn: 06°23N 003°24E

Ship: Tanker

Status of ship: Underway

Type of incident Other

F Dodo River, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Date: 13.01.2016 A fishing trawler, FT Kulak IX was boarded by pi-rates at Dodo river, Bayelsa State. After the pirates' boarding they kidnapped the Captain and Chief Of-ficer. The trawler belongs to a Lagos based com-pany and the abductees have been identified as Captain Omodaji Awobu and Chief Engineer Ab-bukkudan manikuggan. After the incident the Kulak IX was later discovered in one of the creeks within the coast of Dodo River, none of the cargo ap-peared to be stolen.

Time: 0100LT

Posn: 04°55N 005°30E

Ship: Fishing traweler


Type of incident Kidnapping

G Nigeria coastline

Date: 15.01.2016 A passenger boat was attacked whilst voyaging be-tween Brass and Port Harcourt. An unknown num-ber of armed men boarded the vessel which had approximately 20 passengers on board when she had difficulties and broke down. A total of 16 pas-sengers and 2 crew members have been kid-napped.

Time: Unknown

Posn: 04°35N 006°32E

Ship: Passenger boat



__________________________________________________________________________________

- 10 -

H Nigeria

Date: 15.01.2016 10 pirates in a speedboat chased and fired upon a tug underway. The crew retreated and locked themselves in the safe area. The pirates boarded the tug, damaged its navigation equipment, stole crew's personal effect and cash and escaped.

Time: 0540UTC

Posn: 04°05N 005°25E

Ship: Tug


Type of incident Robbery, under-

way

I Nigeria coastline

Date: 18.01.2016 A passenger boat was boarded by unknown group of kidnappers. They abducted 12 passengers after intercepting the boat close to the Obama rice farm in Nembe. The boat was then diverted to the Okorama creeks where the passengers were taken to an unidentified location. [Update] 12 passengers have been released. The kidnap-

pers released their hostages once they realised

they were not of higher stature and unable to re-

quest a large ransom demand. The hostages had

their mobile phones and money taken from them

and dropped off at a fishing point.

Time: 0600UTC

Posn: 04°34N 006°16E




J Pointe Noire Anchorage, Congo

Date: 19.01.2016 A robbery has occurred on a tanker whilst at an-chor. On duty crew members spotted the robbers who boarded on the vessel with knives and raised the alarm. Upon hearing the alarm the robbers fled with ship's stores. No crew were injured during this piracy incident.

Time: 0220UTC

Posn: 04°45S 011°50E

Ship: Tanker



age

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 11 -

K 64 nm Southwest of Bayelsa, Nigeria

Date: 19.01.2016 The RoRo vessel, SILVER SKY, was fired upon by the pirates who are chasing the vessel in an attempt to board. 1 crew member has been shot. All authori-ties within the area have been notified to provide assistance. The pirates have aborted their chase and the vessel is now continuing to her final desti-nation. No further information regarding the casu-alty has been released.

Time: 1150UTC

Posn: 03°58N 005°00E

Ship: RoRo vessel



L Abidjan anchorage, Cote d'Ivoire

Date: 19.01.2016 A report has been issued stating that robbers man-aged to board an anchored vessel. 2 robbers who were armed with large knives were spotted on the aft deck. The alarm was raised resulting in the rob-bers escaping with a quantity of rope.

Time: 2325UTC

Posn: 05°13N 004°02W




age

M Off Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria

Date: 21.01.2016 Exact position unknown. A surveillance vessel came under attack in the vicinity of Oron, Ibaka. 2 speedboats reportedly exchanged fire with the sur-veillance vessel and are reported to have been sighted sailing from the Bakassi area. The incident was first received and recorded on VHF. Surveil-lance vessel described as having armed local volun-teers from the local community and permitted to protect their assets and villages.

Time: 2100UTC

Posn: 04°15N 008°20E

Ship: Surveillance vessel



N Inner anchorage, Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Date: 22.01.2016 A tanker was boarded. Several robbers attempted to gain access to the crew accommodation but it was unsuccessful. The crew reported that some ships stores had been stolen after they had fled.

Time: 0100UTC

Posn: 05°16N 004°01W

Ship: Tanker


Type of incident Robbery, anchor-age

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 12 -

O Coast of Nigeria

Date: 22.01.2016 A Master of a bulk carrier sighted a suspicious

speedboat approximately 70 nm off Lagos. As the

speedboat began an approach the Master in-

creased speed and changed course. The speed-

boat aborted the approached.

Time: 2057UTC

Posn: 05°15N 003°13E

Ship: Bulk carrier



P 32 nm off the coast of Nigeria

Date: 23.01.2016 SEA ADVENTURER had been attacked approxi-

mately 32 nm off the coast of Nigeria. The Initial

reported position was in close proximity to Pen-

nington Oil Terminal. Local sources report that the

authorities were made aware of the situation and

were monitoring the incident closely.

Time: 1145LT

Posn: 03°52N 005°47E

Ship: Product tanker



Q Coast of Nigeria

Date: 23.01.2016 According to the report from NNS Victory, Naval base Calabar, a VHF distress call was made by RoRo Cargo Ship AUSTRHEIM stating she was under pi-rate attack, she is known to be carrying out opera-tions between Nigeria and Cameroon. The vessel was sighted and reported as safe later that evening in TIKO, Cameroon.

Time: Unknown

Posn: 04°22N 008°35E

Ship: RoRo cargo ship



R Matadi anchorage area in Democratic Republic of Congo

Date: 24.01.2016 Product tanker SEA LION I at anchor was boarded and robbed. 2 men armed with large bolo knives were sighted on the port side main deck, the alarm was immediately raised, upon hearing the alarm the men fled. A full search was conducted by the crew and the rope had been stolen. No crew were harmed in this incident.

Time: 0418UTC

Posn: 05°50S 013°25E




S Rivers state, Nigeria

Date: 25.01.2016 Exact time unknown. A report has been issued stat-ing that unknown gunmen attacked a passenger boat. The report states that 1 person was killed and 3 others injured during the incident. The situa-tional report will follow once obtained.

Time: Unknown

Posn: 04°45N 006°48E




__________________________________________________________________________________

- 13 -

T Ogbotobo waterways, Nigeria

Date: 25.01.2016 Exact time and position unknown. An unknown number of armed gunmen have been reported to have boarded and robbed 3 passenger boats. The passengers are said to have been disembarked to the creeks bank and robbed of all their valuable be-longings. The whereabouts of the 3 vessels is unde-termined at this time.

Time: Unknown

Posn: 04°51N 005°38E



Type of incident Robbery

U Nigeria

Date: 30.01.2016 A container ship was attacked whilst underway ap-proximately 70 nm South of Bayelsa, Nigeria. The Master sent a distress call via VHF as 3 speedboats approached and attacked. Anti-Piracy procedures including evasive maneuvers were carried out. This resulted in the pirates aborting the attack and leav-ing the area.

Time: 2240UTC

Posn: 03°05N 006°15E

Ship: Container



V 160nm off Lome, Togo

Date: 31.01.2016 There were 4 robbers hidden in the rudder trunk space of a vessel whilst drifting. The vessel's last port of call was Lome for bunkering operations. All of the robbers are Togo citizens and were not car-rying any weapons or other equipment.

Time: 2000UTC

Posn: 03°30N 001°52E


Status of ship: Drifting


__________________________________________________________________________________

- 14 -

Map incident reports West Africa, January 2016

Approach Robbery Attack Kidnapping Hijack Other

A; H; J; R; T

D; O

E; V

B; C; K; M; P; Q; S; U

F; G; I

L; N

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 15 -

3 Indian Ocean

Maritime piracy and terrorism in the Indian Ocean region remains on the same level as previous

month. Six incidents are recorded in January.

As usual, the reported robberies B, C and E are located at the Kandla Anchorage (India). All of

them are of typical type. The robbers board the respective vessel and try to steal something of

value. When they are recognized by crew members they try to escape as soon as possible. In

some cases the “pirates” are armed with long knives as in the incidents B and E. But usually

they do not use them.

The approach F was does not represent a bigger threat as well. Due to the reaction of the Vessel

Protection Team (VPT) a menacing assault could be deterred.

The other two incidents are classified as “at-

tacks”. Thereby it should be taken into account

that incident A is definitely not piracy related.

The attack on the Egyptian Bella Vista Hotel was

conducted by terrorists who were connected

with the Islamic State (IS). The attack D is hard

to determine. Due to the fact that the attackers

boarded the vessel and stole navigation equip-

ment and radios the assault was conducted by

pirates. However, it is of brutal nature because one fisherman has been killed in the incident.

Due to media reports the attack is linked to an ongoing pattern of piracy on the Bahraini, Saudi

and Qatari maritime borders with Iran. There are advises for fishermen to stay within proper

fishing areas in Bahrain and to avoid crossing any maritime borders, which could lead to legal

actions. Hence, the Omani coastline, the Gulf of Oman as well as the anchorage areas of India

belong to the piracy hot-spots in the Indian Ocean albeit this classification is inappropriate

taken the overall-statistic into account.

Comments

Hot-spot: Kandla Anchorage,

India

Two attacks

Fisherman killed

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 16 -

3.1 Incident reports Indian Ocean, January 2016

A Hurghada, Egypt

Date: 08.01.2016 2 assailants arriving by boat attacked the Bella Vista Hotel. They were carrying guns and knives. 3 tourists, 1 Swede and 2 Austrians received knife in-juries in the incident. The 2 assailants were killed by Egyptian security forces who state that they were also wearing suicide vests and carrying IS (Is-lamic State) flags.

Time: 2125UTC

Posn: 27°12N 033°50E

Ship: ----



B Kandla Anchorage, India

Date: 11.01.2016 Duty watchman onboard anchored tanker BOW KISO spotted a small boat loitering near the tanker. Eight robbers were spotted near the forecastle store armed with knives. The alarm was raised and crew mustered on bridge. Seeing the alerted crew the robbers fled empty handed. Incident immedi-ately reported to Port Control and Coast Guard.

Time: 2355LT

Posn: Unknown

Ship: Tanker



C Kandla Anchorage, India

Date: 11.01.2016 During cargo operations, robbers boarded an-chored bulk carrier CMB MEDOC unnoticed, stole ship's properties and escaped. The theft was no-ticed by the crew while securing the deck. Incident reported to local authorities.

Time: 2030LT

Posn: 22°46N 069°59E

Ship: Bulk carrier



D Persian Gulf

Date: 15.01.2016 Exact time and position unknown. A fisherman has been killed. The attackers are said to have been armed with AK's and managed to board the fishing vessel. The victim, a crew member tried to resist the boarding, resulting in him being shot and killed. The attackers then stole the navigational equip-ment and radios before departing.

Time: Unknown

Posn: 27°02N 051°07E

Ship: Fishing vessel



__________________________________________________________________________________

- 17 -

E Kandla Anchorage, India

Date: 27.01.2016 Exact time unknown. The product tanker was boarded by 6 robbers armed with knives. Due to the crew sighting and reacting in a timely manner the robbers only managed to escape with fire-fighting equipment and butterfly nuts from the tank hatches. No injuries to the crew were re-ported and the Port Authority was informed.

Time: Unknown

Posn: 22°52N 070°08E

Ship: Product tanker



F Arabian Sea

Date: 27.01.2016 Four suspicious in speed boats were following ves-sel GLOBE PEGASUS and were able to get within one nautical mile. Armed guards fired parachute rockets as a warning and finally the chase ended and the speed boats moved away.

Time: 0620UTC

Posn: 23°08N 59°32E

Ship: Bulk carrier



__________________________________________________________________________________

- 18 -

Map incident reports Indian Ocean, January 2016


F

B; C; E

A D

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 19 -

4 Southeast Asia

The total number of the statistically recorded incidents further diminishes in January. Five pi-

racy related encroachments are counted in the Southeast Asia region. All of them are robberies

that are located in anchorage areas. In none of the cases the attempted boarding or successful

boarding of the vessel has represented a real danger for the respective crew and vessel. None

of the incidents could have end-up in a worse assault.

However, the piracy hot-spot is shifting towards Vietnam. The robberies A, B and C occurred

there. Usually most of the robberies are located in the Singapore Straits area or in the Malacca

Strait. But only incident D is situated there. There are two possibilities of interpretation. Either

the hot-spot is indeed changing or the media coverage does not reflect reality.

It is difficult to imagine that the pirate activity

in the region has reduced that much within

such a short time.

The robust action taken by the Indonesian and

Malaysian authorities in the arrest and prose-

cution of two gangs that hijacked tankers

could have contributed to the current devel-

opment.

Comments

Hot-spot: Vietnam

Piracy is on a very low level

No hijack

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 20 -

4.1 Incident reports Southeast Asia, January 2016

A Tianjin Outer Anchorage

Date: 01.01.2016 A Singapore flagged bulk carrier was robbed in Tianjin Outer Anchored. The robbers boarded un-noticed. It was first discovered at 1600 LT when the watchman found that the Diesel Oil Storage Tank Port manhole cover nuts had been removed. The bridge was immediately informed of the inci-dent and the crews were mustered and con-ducted an investigation immediately. On investi-gation it was discovered that 39 metric tons of Low Sulphur Marine Gas Oil was stolen from the storage tank.

Time: 1600LT

Posn: 38°38N 118°48E

Ship: Bulk carrier



B Hon Gai Anchorage, Vietnam

Date: 04.01.2016 The robbers boarded anchored bulk carrier TRI-DENT CHALLENGER. When the robbers were spot-ted by on-duty crew they escaped with ship’s stores.

Time: 0500LT

Posn: 20°41N 107°10E

Ship: Bulk carrier



C Hon Cam Anchorage, Vietnam

Date: 07.01.2016 During routine rounds on board the anchored bulk carrier IVS SENTOSA, the duty A/B heard voices near the forecastle. As he approached to investi-gate, he spotted three men with knives approach-ing him. The A/B managed to safely retreat to the accommodation and informed the duty officer who sounded the ship’s whistle and raised the alarm. Seeing the alerted crew, the robbers fled with sto-len ship’s stores. Local authority informed.

Time: 0155LT

Posn: 20°43N 107°09E

Ship: Bulk carrier



D Galang anchorage, Batam, Indonesia

Date: 15.01.2016 4 robbers boarded anchored offshore support vessel CREST HYDRA. Oiler noticed the robbers via the security camera and informed the crew. Alarm raised and crew mustered. Seeing the crew alert-ness, the robbers escaped with stolen ship's prop-erties.

Time: 0100LT

Posn: 00°44N 104°09E

Ship: Offshore supply vessel



__________________________________________________________________________________

- 21 -

E Visakhapatnam Anchorage

Date: 23.01.2016 Duty crew on board anchored tanker SERJEANT on routine rounds, discovered foot marks on the up-per deck aft area. The alarm was raised. A search was conducted, following which it was deter-mined that ship’s stores had been stolen. Port control was informed.

Time: 0630LT

Posn: 17°39N 83°24E

Ship: LPG tanker



__________________________________________________________________________________

- 22 -

Map incident reports Southeast Asia, January 2016


D

E

A; B; C

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 23 -

5 Mediterranean Sea

The two incident reports A and C document rescue operations of frigates that are part of the

EU NavForMed-operation in the Mediterranean Sea. Nevertheless nummerous people

drowned in January as e.g. in incident B. The bodies of nine people were found on Turkey's

western coast. Five men and a woman were found washed up on the shores of Seferihisar in

the coastal province of Izmir. Moreover, the coastguard detected the bodies of a girl and two

women near Ayvacik, further north, after a boat part-capsized. It rescued 13 people, but some

are still missing. Although the seaway is even riskier in winter than in summer, thousands are

still attempting to reach Europe.

More than a million migrants arrived in the European Union last year fleeing war or poverty in

the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and nearly 3 700 died or went missing en route.

The great majority came via Turkey to Greece.

A deal that the EU and Turkey agreed on at the end

of November has not yet been sufficiently success-

ful. According to the arrangement, Turkey should

restrain refugees from their plan to pursuit a new

life in Europe. The efforts undertaken by the Turk-

ish government are not far-reaching enough. In-

stead the government tries to stop the refugee in-

flux into the own country by step up controls on

its side of the Turkish-Syrian border. Moreover, reports indicate that Turkish authorities started

to deport Syrian refugees into the war-torn country.

Comments

Hot-spot: off Libya

Several people drowned

Deal between EU and Turkey

__________________________________________________________________________________

- 24 -

5.1 Incident reports Mediterranean Sea, January 2016

A off Libyan coast

Date: 26.01.2016 Off the coast of Libya, Slovenian Navy SVETLYAK

class patrol vessel „Triglav“ (EU NavForMed in

„Operation Sophia“) rescues 110 people from a

rubber boat in distress.

Time: Unknown

Posn: Unknown

Ship: Rubber boat



B off Greek island Kos

Date: 27.01.2016 Six migrants including one child drowned when

their vessel sank off a Greek island close to Tur-

key, the Greek coastguard said on Wednesday, as

the perilous crossings towards Europe continue

despite harsh winter conditions. One man man-

aged to swim ashore from an estimated 10 people

on board.

Time: Unknown

Posn: Unknown

Ship: Unknown



C off Libya

Date: 27.01.2016 Spanish Navy frigate „Numancia“ (EU NavForMed

in „Operation Sophia“) rescues 113 people from a

rubber boat spotted off Libya.

Time: Unknown

Posn: Unknown

Ship: Rubber boat



__________________________________________________________________________________

- 25 -

Map incident reports Mediterranean, January 2016

A; C B

Documents

25th monthly report - „Maritime Piracy and Terrorism“agema-services.de/.../2016/...report-Maritime-Piracy-and-Terrorism.pdf · 2 Platform Aunty Julie 09.01 ... Maritime piracy