Worldwide Maritime Crime and Piracy Summary, Week of 8-14 December, plus Volvo Ocean Race update…
First, an update from the Volvo Ocean Race which continues to battle it’s way across the Agulhas Current and through frontal boundaries…
It was a light week with nothing reported in the Indian Ocean, except for some wayward pirates who appear to be lost at sea.
INDONESIA: Tanker boarded 10 December at 0340 LT while anchored in position 01:42N – 101:29E, approximately 2 nm northeast of Dumai. Three robbers boarded, entered the engine room, took a motorman hostage and stole engine spares before escaping. (IMB)
Likelihood of Pirate Activity (Graphic courtesy of the Naval Oceanographic Office Warfighting Support Center)The current positions of the yachts racing in the Volvo Ocean Race, 15 December 2011 (c) Volvo Ocean RaceThe current positions of the yachts racing in the Volvo Ocean Race, 15 December 2011 (c) Volvo Ocean Race
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