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Weekly Piracy Report 3-9 January 2006 |
2006-01-11 |
January 07 2006 at 0635 UTC in position 13:43N - 049:09E, Gulf of Aden. One speedboat, yellow colour, about 15 meters length doing 21 kts chased a chemical tanker underway. Master raised alarm, sounded whistle, increased speed to maximum, took evasive manoeuvres; crew mustered and activated fire hoses. Boat came close and seeing crew alertness stopped the chase and moved away at 0740 UTC. January 07 2006 at 0440 UTC in position 13:58.6N - 049:20.8E, Gulf of Aden. Four boats, white colour, about 15 meters length doing 15 kts approached a chemical tanker underway. Master raised alarm, increased speed and took evasive manoeuvres and boats moved away at 0505 UTC. |
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