The Office of Naval Intelligence has issued its Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW) Report for 25 – 31 August 2016 . According to the report, pirate and maritime crime activity in East and West African waters is at a low level. There were no reported suspicious incidents during the past week.
Horn of Africa – Piracy Events Over The Past Week
- 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.
In West Africa there was one reported bombing against oil infrastructure during this past week.
Gulf of Guinea – Piracy Events Over The Past Week
- Vessels Hijacked: No incidents to report.
- Kidnapping: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Boarded: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Fired Upon/Attempted Boarding/Attack: No incidents to report.
- Other Activity:
1. NIGERIA: On 30 August, the newly formed Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate (NDGJM) group said in a statement that they attacked a Nigerian Petroleum Development Company oil pipeline, near Oteri, in the southern oil-producing Delta State.
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 2 – 31 August 2016)
- UNITED STATES: On 30 August, a man from Brooklyn, New York City, New York, appeared in court on charges of accessing a shipping company’s data base and selling their information.
- NIGERIA: On 30 August, the newly formed Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate attacked an oil pipeline in the Oteri area.
- AUSTRALIA: On 28 August, customs officials searching a cruise ship docked in Sydney Harbor found 210 pounds of cocaine.
- PERU: On 27 August, three robbers armed with guns boarded an anchored bulk carrier in Callao Anchorage.
- BANGLADESH: On 25 August, suspected pirates abducted a fisherman in the Meghna River at Manpura Upazila in Bhola district.
- BANGLADESH: On 25 August, a gang of pirates kidnapped four fishermen in the Meghna River.
- PHILIPPINES: On 25 August, gunmen attacked a passenger boat near Claveria town on the island province of Masbate.
- PHILIPPINES: On 24 August, customs officials in northern Mindanao impounded 5 shipping containers containing trucks.
- GRENADA: On 17 August, robbers boarded a sailing yacht anchored in the Port Louis Marina.
- LIBYA: On 17 August, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) reported that the offshore supply vessel
Further details may be found by reading ONI WTS Report:
Source: ONI
