ONI Piracy Report for 26 May -1 June 2016

The Office of Naval Intelligence has issued its Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW) Report for 26 May – 1 June 2016. According to the report all shipping entities operating in the Gulf of Guinea region should maintain vigilance in light of the on-going piracy threat. Recent activity, specifically – a tanker hijacked within the past week off the coast of Ivory Coast, indicates pirates may be actively seeking to hijack another vessel, potentially in the near-term. The region at-large remains at-risk to piracy although this advisory is intended to put special emphasis for ships within 100 nautical miles of Tema, Ghana, Lome, Togo, and Contonou, Benin.

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

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Gulf of Guinea – Piracy Events Over The Past Week
Pirate and maritime crime activity in West Africa waters is at a low level. There were no maritime crime events
reported 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: No incidents to report.
Other Activity:
1. (U) NIGERIA: On 28 May, Nigerian militants attacked an oil pipeline near Tebidaba-Brass. Damage to the pipeline is still being assessed.
2. (U) NIGERIA: On 28 May, Nigerian militants attacked an oil pipeline near Nembe. Damage to the pipeline is still being assessed.

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 26 April – 25 May 2016)

USA: On 31 May, the general cargo ship LIZANNE was boarded and inspected by US Customs and Border Protection officials in Miami after receiving a tip of possible involvement in drug smuggling activity.
MAURITIUS: On 29 May, the Taiwan-flagged fishing ship HSIN CHUN No. 16 was boarded by Coast Guard personnel and impounded after it left port and tried to flee the country.
GUYANA: On 28 May, Guyana police arrested five people allegedly involved in a pirate attack that left one man dead and three others missing at sea.
NIGERIA: On 28 May, Nigerian militants attacked an oil pipeline near Tebidaba-Brass.
NIGERIA: On 28 May, Nigerian militants attacked an oil pipeline near Nembe.
AUSTRALIA: On 27 May, Australian authorities arrested 14 people and impounded a ship on suspicion of drug smuggling.
BANGLADESH: On 26 May, twelve robbers in several speedboats attacked a group of fishermen near Jongra in the Morapashu River area of the Sundarbans East Zone.
SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES: On 25 May, a UK-flagged yacht was boarded by two masked men, one with a gun, while anchored in Tobago Cays.
GUATEMALA: On 25 May, a sailing yacht was boarded at night in a marina area of Rio Dulce.
INDONESIA: On 19 May, four robbers in a small craft boarded an anchored general cargo ship in Batam Anchorage.
MALAYSIA: On 18 May, the Pahang Customs Department seized 73,976 bottles of liquor which were about to be smuggled into the country.
INDIA: On 14 May, an unknown number of robbers boarded an LPG tanker, berthed at Berth IFFCO-5, Kandla Port.
CHINA: On 29 April, robbers boarded an anchored ore carrier in Jingtang Anchorage.
CHINA: On 27 March, robbers disguised as stevedores boarded a berthed bulk carrier during cargo operations in Yangzhou Conch Terminal.
INDONESIA: On 27 February, an unknown number of robbers boarded a berthed bulk carrier and escaped with ship’s properties in Tanjung Priok Port, Jakarta.