The Office of Naval Intelligence has issued its Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW) Report for 10 – 16 March 2016. According to the report, pirate and maritime crime activity in East African waters is at a low level. There were no reported maritime crime incidents during this past week. Pirate and maritime crime activity in West African waters is at a medium level. There was one attack and one suspicious approach reported during this one-week period.
Horn of Africa – Piracy Events Over The Past Week
Details:
- Vessels Hijacked: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Boarded: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Fired Upon/Attempted Boardings: No incidents to report.
- Other Activity: No incidents to report.
Gulf of Guinea – Piracy Events Over The Past Week
Details
- Vessels Hijacked: No incidents to report.
- Kidnapping: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Boarded: No incidents to report.
Further details may be found by reading ONI PAWW Report:
Also read ONI Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) report which rovides info on piracy threats to, and criminal action against, merchant vessels worldwide in the last 30 days (period 16 February – 16 March 2016)
- NIGERIA: On 11 March, eight pirates in a boat approached an underway tanker 108 nm southwest of the Bayelsa coast.
- NIGERIA: On 11 March, a vessel reported being fired upon 72 nm southwest of the Bayelsa coast.
- ST LUCIA: On 2 March, three robbers, armed with a pistol, a machete, and a club, boarded an anchored sailing yacht in the harbor at Soufriere.
- INDIA: On 28 January, six robbers in a small boat boarded an anchored product tanker in the Kandla Outer Anchorage.
Further details may be found by reading ONI WTS Report:
Source: ONI
