INCIDENT OVER
Event: Hijack
IMB Level: 1
Date and Time: on/around 5th April 2019
Location: 5nm SW of Calabar Fairway Buoy, Nigeria
Position: 03°14’N, 005°57’E
Distance from Shore: Approx. 17nm
Vessel Details
Type: Oil/Chemical Tanker
L x B: 65m x 10m
Event Details
Kidnapped: 0
Injured: 0
Killed: 0
Security Present: None
Threat Details
Number of Pirates: 9
Number of Craft: 1 speedboat
Weapons Seen: Not reported
Equipment Seen: Not reported
Description: A small tanker claimed they had been under the control of pirates for 4/5 days. On the approach of a boarding team from a warship, the crew said the pirates had left the vessel the
day before. It has been raised that the tanker may have been used as either a mothership, or used to transport illegally bunkered fuel products.
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