The Office of Naval Intelligence has issued its Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW) Report for 14 – 20 July 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. In West African there was one attack reported against oil infrastructure targets during this past week.
Horn of Africa – Piracy Events Over The Past Week
Pirate and maritime crime activity in East Africa waters is at a low level. There were no reported incidents
during 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
Pirate and maritime crime activity in West Africa waters is at a low level. There was one attack reported against
oil infrastructure targets during this past week.
Details
- Vessels Hijacked: No incidents to report.
- Kidnapping: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Boarded: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Fired Upon/Attempted Boarding/Attack:
1. NIGERIA: On 18 July, suspected militants bombed a major pipeline intersection operated by the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company, at Batan, near Warri. No group has claimed responsibility but the Niger Delta Avengers has claimed a wave of bombings of oil and gas facilities since the beginning of the year.
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 (period21 June-20 July 2016)
- PERU: On 20 July, robbers boarded an anchored bulk carrier in Callao Anchorage.
- MALAYSIA: On 18 July, five crewmen were kidnapped from the tug SERUDONG 3 near Lahad Datu, Sabah.
- MEXICO: On 18 July, authorities found 390 kilograms of cocaine in a shipping container aboard APL HOLLAND in the port of Manzanillo.
- NIGERIA: On 18 July, suspected militants bombed a major pipeline intersection operated by the Pipelines and Products Marketing Company at Batan near Warri.
- SINGAPORE: On 18 July, the Singapore Police Coast Guard arrested four men for fraudulent possession of marine gas oil.
- HAITI: On 17 July, robbers in a small boat boarded an anchored product tanker in Port Au Prince East Anchorage.
- CONGO: On 17 July, a robber armed with a knife boarded an anchored pipe laying barge in Pointe Noire Anchorage.
- BANGLADESH: On 17 July, pirates attacked a fishing boat operating near the Chittagong Gas Field, leaving one fisherman dead.
- CONGO: On 16 July, robbers in a fishing canoe boarded an anchored pipe laying barge in Pointe Noire Outer Anchorage.
- PHILIPPINES: On 16 July, three robbers armed with knives boarded a berthed product tanker in New Davao Oil Mill Berth.
- INDONESIA: On 16 July, seven persons armed with knives boarded the bulk carrier BALTIMORE 18 nm southwest of Pulau Mangkai,
- PERU: On 14 July, eight robbers boarded the cruise ship AMAZON DISCOVERY and robbed the passengers of approximately $26,000 in personal equipment and cash.
- COLOMBIA: On 11 July, 2 robbers, armed with knives, boarded a sailing yacht anchored near Isla Grande, Rosario Islands area.
- ITALY: On 7 July, police searched the container ship MSC POH LIN in the port of Gioia Tauro, finding 83 kilograms of cocaine.
- CONGO: On 4 July, robbers in a small boat boarded an anchored pipe laying barge in Pointe Noire Outer Anchorage.
- GRENADA: During the first week of July, eight sailing yachts in a storage anchorage area were boarded in Mt. Hartman Bay.
- MALTA: EU authorities are concerned that the general cargo ship FALKVAG has apparently disappeared. The ship is suspected of involvement in arms smuggling to Libya.
Further details may be found by reading ONI WTS Report:
Source: ONI
