The Office of Naval Intelligence has issued its Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW) Report for 18-24 February 2016.
According to the report:
Pirate and maritime crime activity in East African waters is at a low level. There were no reported suspicious events during this one-week period.
Pirate and maritime crime activity in West African waters is at a low level. There was one kidnapping event and a rescue of other kidnapped sailors during this past week.
Pirate and maritime crime activity in Southeast Asia waters is at a low level. There was one reported incident of fuel smuggling and the release of kidnapped fishermen during this one week period.
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 25 January – 24 February 2016)
Key points
- NIGERIA: On 23 February, BOURBON LIBERTY251, a service vessel from French oil services company Bourbon was attacked off the coast of Nigeria and two crew members from Nigeria and Russia were reportedly abducted.
- COLOMBIA: Colombian Navy personnel found 379 kilograms of cocaine in a container welded to the hull, below the waterline, of the bulk carrier LENE SELMER while the vessel was in Puerto Bolivar.
- THAILAND: On 22 February, police in southern Thailand detained a modified fishing boat in the waters off Pattani, and seized more than 70,000 liters of diesel believed to have been smuggled from Malaysia.
- NIGERIA: On 21 February, the Nigerian Navy boarded chemical tanker MAXIMUS and rescued the crew, however; two crew members are still missing, one Pakistani and one Indian.
- INDIA: On 19 February, robbers in four fishing vessels boarded a rig towed by a tug 11 nm south-southeast of Alang.
- BANGLADESH: On 19 February, pirates killed a fisherman, wounded four others and kidnapped one from the Kachikhali Balesshar area.
- MEXICO: On 19 February, officials in the port of Manzanillo found 438 kilograms of cocaine hidden in three containers aboard the container ship TENO.
- PHILIPPINES: On 18 February, kidnappers freed the two crewmen taken the previous day, after learning that their families could not afford to pay the ransom.
- INDIA: On 14 February, four robbers boarded an anchored bulk carrier using a grappling hook and rope in the vicinity of Tuna Buoy Anchorage Kandla.
- MEXICO: Between 6 and 12 February, police in the port of Progreso found cocaine hidden amongst the cargo of frozen fish aboard the container ship SAN ADRIANO.
- KUWAIT: On 3 February, a Kuwait-flagged fishing boat was attacked in international waters near Kuwait. The four attackers were believed to be Iranian
Further details may be found by reading ONI WTS Report:
Source: ONI
