Live Piracy Report
Live Piracy & Armed Robbery Report 2014
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057-14
%am %b 14 2014
Crude Tanker
Gulf of Aden
Attempted
14.04.2014: 1230 UTC: Posn: 12:25N – 043:43E, Gulf of Aden.
Seven pirates in a white-blue coloured skiff armed with an RPG approached an oil tanker underway. Master raised alarm, sounded ship’s whistle, activated fire hoses and fired two parachute rockets. The armed security team onboard noticed a ladder on the skiff and showed their weapons resulting in the skiff aborting the approach and moved away.
Seven pirates in a white-blue coloured skiff armed with an RPG approached an oil tanker underway. Master raised alarm, sounded ship’s whistle, activated fire hoses and fired two parachute rockets. The armed security team onboard noticed a ladder on the skiff and showed their weapons resulting in the skiff aborting the approach and moved away.
14-04-2014