INCIDENT OVER
Event: Theft (successful)
IMB Level: 3
Date and Time: 16 April 2020, 0105hrs local
Location: Takoradi Anchorage, Ghana
Position: 04°52.43’N, 001°41.01’W
Distance from Shore: Approx 3.7nm
Vessel Details
Type: Offshore Supply Vessel
L x B: 96.3 x 20m
Speed: 0kt – At anchor
Event Details
Kidnapped: 0
Injured: 0
Killed: 0
Security Present: None
Weather: Gentle Breeze / 0mm precipitation
Wave Height: 1m
Threat Details
Number of Perpetrators: 7 (2 boarded the vessel)
Number of Craft: 1 canoe
Weapons Seen: None reported
Equipment Seen: None reported
Description: 2 robbers from a canoe with 7 persons onboard boarded an OSV at Takoradi Anchorage. Deck officer saw the thieves in the paint store and raised the alarm,
leading to them jumping back overboard. Local authorities informed but by time Ghana Navy arrived they had left. 5 buckets of paint reported stolen, all crew safe.
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