The Office of Naval Intelligence has issued its Piracy Analysis and Warning Weekly (PAWW) Report for 9- 15 June 2016. According to the report all shipping entities operating in the Gulf of Guinea region should maintain vigilance in light of the on-going piracy threat. Recent activity, specifically – a tanker hijacked within the past week off the coast of Ivory Coast, indicates pirates may be actively seeking to hijack another vessel, potentially in the near-term. The region at-large remains at-risk to piracy although this advisory is intended to put special emphasis for ships within 100 nautical miles of Tema, Ghana, Lome, Togo, and Contonou, Benin.
Horn of Africa – Piracy Events Over The Past Week
Pirate and maritime crime activity in East Africa waters is at a low level. There were no reported incidents
during the past week.
Details:
- Vessels Hijacked: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Boarded: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Fired Upon/Attempted Boardings: No incidents to report.
- Other Activity: No incidents to report
Gulf of Guinea – Piracy Events Over The Past Week
Pirate and maritime crime activity in West Africa waters is at a low level. There were no reported incidents
during the past week.
Details
- Vessels Hijacked: No incidents to report.
- Kidnapping: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Boarded: No incidents to report.
- Vessels Fired Upon/Attempted Boarding/Attack: No incidents to report.
- Other Activity: No incidents to report
Further details may be found by reading ONI PAWW Report:
Also read ONI Worldwide Threat to Shipping (WTS) report which rovides info on piracy threats to, and criminal action against, merchant vessels worldwide in the last 30 days (period 17 May-15 June 2016)
- BANGLADESH: On 8 June, Indian robbers abducted five Bangladeshi fishermen in the Sundarbans.
- BANGLADESH: On 14 June, a security watchman noticed five robbers had boarded an anchored
container ship in Chittagong Anchorage.
Further details may be found by reading ONI WTS Report:
Source:ONI