INCIDENT OVER – THREAT TO VESSELS REMAINS
Event: Suspicious Approach
IMB Level: 2
Date and Time: 26 March 2020, 0717hrs UTC
Location: 60nm S of Takoradi, Ghana
Position: 03°56’N, 001°45’W
Distance from Shore: 50nm
Vessel Details
Type: Tanker
Event Details
Kidnapped: 0
Injured: 0
Killed: 0
Security Present: None reported
Weather: Light Air / 1.3mm precipitation
Wave Height: 1.4m
Threat Details
Number of Perpetrators: 6-7
Number of Craft: 1 skiff – 15m long with red and white hull
Weapons Seen: None seen
Equipment Seen: None seen
Description: A tanker was approached by a red and white skiff with 6 or 7 persons onboard. The skiff came within 50m of the tanker, but after 30 minutes pursuit, it left.
All safe.
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