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International-UN-NGOs
Weekly Piracy Report 27 December 2005-2 January 2006
2006-01-06
January 02 2006 at 0733 UTC in position 13:48N - 049:48E, Gulf of Aden. Three speedboats with 3/4 persons onboard followed a tanker underway. Master altered course and boats moved away. Later at 0753 UTC in position 13:49N - 049:54E, another speedboat with three persons onboard followed for 30 minutes. Alarm was raised boat stopped following.

January 02 2006 at 0040 LT at Teluk Semangka anchorage, Indonesia. Three robbers armed with long knives boarded a tanker at poop deck. Duty A/B raised alarm, crew mustered and robbers escaped empty handed in a waiting boat. Pertamina port control informed and a patrol boat arrived two hours later for investigation.

December 29 2005 at 1800 LT in position 21:40.3N - 088:00.9E, Sagar anchorage, India. Two robbers boarded a container ship awaiting berthing with pilot onboard. Duty A/B raised alarm and robbers escaped with ship's stores. Pilot station and port authority informed.

December 27 2005 at 0400 LT at Tg. Bara inner anchorage, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Robbers boarded a bulk carrier at forecastle. They tried to steal ship's stores but alert crew raised alarm and robbers escaped empty handed in a boat waiting with accomplices. Master suspects that stevedores may have collaborated with the robbers.
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