Flashermac Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Kuala Lumpur - Heavily-armed pirates hijacked a Thailand-owned tanker off the eastern coast of Malaysia, injuring the captain and stealing diesel fuel from its cargo, the International Maritime Bureau said on Thursday. The attack occurred on April 17 when 16 pirates in a speedboat boarded the ship under the cover of darkness, said head of the IMB’s Kuala Lumpur-based Piracy Reporting Centre Noel Choong. "The tanker was hijacked off Aur Island, in the eastern coast of Malaysia. The heavily-armed pirates hit the captain with a sword and destroyed communication equipment," he told AFP. Choong did not have any more details on the condition of the captain who oversaw 14 crew members on the tanker en route from Singapore to Cambodia. "The pirates siphoned part of the tanker’s diesel cargo into a tanker ship and stole crew members’ valuables before escaping," he said, adding that the IMB was only informed of the incident on Thursday due to the ship’s damaged communications system. Choong said the IMB was concerned about the rise in attacks off Malaysia this year. On Tuesday around 12 heavily-armed pirates boarded a Singapore-managed tanker in the Strait of Malacca, kidnapping three Indonesian crew and stealing some of the diesel fuel from the cargo. The Strait of Malacca is a key maritime highway linking Europe and the Middle East to Asia, and has long been a hunting ground for pirates. Attacks in the strait had dropped in recent years following stepped-up patrols and cooperation between neighbouring countries to secure waterways. There were no pirate attacks in Malaysian waters last year and Tuesday’s attack in the Strait of Malacca was the first since 2010, according to IMB data. http://www.nationmul...l-30232242.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bust Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Any idea what they were rrrrrrrrmed with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 Swords quite obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specialist Posted April 25, 2014 Report Share Posted April 25, 2014 No radar watch on the tanker? Or was the guy on the radar watch paid not to sound the alarm? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 26, 2014 Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 > pirates siphoned part of the tanker’s diesel cargo into a tanker ship You need some pumps to remove any quantity, a siphon you get a few liters... Modern shipping for the rest of the world...roving patrols, 24/7 on the ship...nighttime, all lights are on....yes, they do monitor the radar and should have first, blasted the ship's horn as a warning at least a few times, should have had the fire hoses rigged to repel boarders...watch the Cpt. Phillips movie, it provides quite an accurate account of how to fend off pirates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 26, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2014 ...watch the Cpt. Phillips movie, it provides quite an accurate account of how to fend off pirates... Unsuccessfully ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavanami Posted April 27, 2014 Report Share Posted April 27, 2014 ...but no successful due to the poor decision made by Cpt. Phillips! I have sailed thru the Straits of Malacca many times, as well as off Somalia and Africa. We were rigged and ready to rumble! we only had a "problem" one time and a Texas boy on the 50 took care of the problem!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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