Piracy strikes in Nigeria have actually constantly been a source of problem for carriers as duplicated strikes and also pirates places freight vessels and also maritime sell risk. This time also a comparable piracy assault caused a Maersk ship being pirated.

Maersk Containership Hijacked

Reports recommend that several piracy strikes frightened a Nigerian LNG vessel, LNG Lagos II. This provided adequate time for the pirates to board and also pirate a Maersk freight ship in the Bonny Island waters.

According to a Dryad Global advising, believed pirates came close to and also boarded Singapore flagged Maersk containership called Maersk Cadiz (IMONo 9526459).

The pirates apparently pirated the ship while they cruised from Tema to Kiribi inSouth West Bonny Island They were taking a trip at a rate of 118 maritime miles.

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Vessel Secured

The Maersk vessel has actually currently been protected and also all the 21 team are risk-free, claimed the delivery titan in a declaration. Maersk has actually prompted international activity to tighten up protection in the area.

“We are very concerned about the increased security risk from armed attacks on merchant vessels in the area,” Maersk Chief Technical Officer Palle Laursen claimed in a declaration. “The risk has reached a level where local governments and the international community must take action to deal effectively with an unacceptable situation.”

Meanwhile, NLNG has actually provided a declaration that no employees on their marked ship has actually been impacted and also the dilemma has actually been prevented. They are keeping track of the circumstance and also will certainly alert authorities in situation any kind of brand-new advancements

High Alert on Gulf of Guinea

Nigerian authorities have actually looked out after the event that have actually even more provided sharp notification for ships in the location.

“All vessels are advised that the threat account for the broader JWC-025 GoG HRA is CRITICAL, suggesting that strikes are very most likely, anticipated daily.

Reportedly, there has actually been a boosted piracy threat in the Gulf Guinea considering that last month.

“There has actually been a rise of events in the previous 5 weeks, leading to a boosted threat score for the Gulf of Guinea HRA to CRITICAL on 11thNovember The rise in threat account was more underpinned by the launch of a brewing assault caution by MDAT-GoG covering the waters of ECOWAS Areas F, E, D.

Vessels Advised To Be Vigilant

With the current occasions in mind, authorities have actually notified carriers that to run their vessels in this field “maintaining the highest levels of vigilance whilst implementing full hardening/mitigation in accordance with BMP West Africa where possible”.

Vessels are encouraged to stay 200-250nm offshore.

Reference: bloomberg.com