INCIDENT OVER
Event: Theft (successful)
IMB Level: 3
Date and Time: 13 November 2019, 0230hrs UTC
Location: Pointe Noire Anchorage, Rep of Congo
Position: 04°44.66’S, 011°47.80’E
Distance from Shore: Approx. 2.5nm
Vessel Details
Type: Container Vessel
L x B: 148m x 23m
Event Details
Kidnapped: 0
Injured: 0
Killed: 0
Security Present: None
Weather: Light Air / 0mm precipitation
Wave Height: 1.1m
Threat Details
Number of Perpetrators: 1
Number of Craft: 1
Weapons Seen: None reported
Equipment Seen: Not reported
Description: A thief boarded the vessel and a small craft was seen close to the vessel’s port side. A search of the vessel revealed that two mooring ropes had been stolen
from the poop deck. Vessel and crew all safe.
A sister ship had a mooring rope and ship’s equipment stolen from it from on 20 October 2019 at Pointe Noire anchorage.
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