INCIDENT OVER – ONGOING THREAT TO VESSELS
Event: Suspicious Approach
Date and Time: 4 June 2021, 0940hrs local
Location: 44nm SE of Tema, Ghana / 47nm SW of Lomé, Ghana EEZ
Position: 05°29.65’N, 000°44.36’E
Distance from Shore: Approx. 17nm
Vessel Details
Type: TBC
L x B: TBC
Speed: TBC
Event Details
Kidnapped: 0
Injured: 0
Killed: 0
Security Present: None
Damage to Cargo: None
Damage to Vessel: None
Weather: Light Breeze / 3.1mm precipitation (thunderstorm)
Wave Height: 1.7m
Threat Details
Number of Perpetrators: 10
Number of Craft: 1 small wooden craft
Weapons Seen: Not reported
Equipment Seen: Not reported
Description: MDAT-GoG have reported that a vessel was approached by a small craft with 10 persons onboard near to Ghana coast and approximately equidistant between Tema and Lomé. The
small boat requested the vessel to slow down but the vessel carried out evasive manoeuvres and after 20 minutes the small boat stopped following and then left.
Following attacks on fishing vessels in eastern Ghana and Benin waters as well as increased threat alert from the Ghana Navy, all types of merchant and fishing vessels should remain extremely
vigilant and increase security measures.
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