Crew Foil Pirates’ Attempt To Hijack Vessel

An attempt by a group
of pirates to board and hijack a vessel some 80 nautical miles off the coast of Brass in Bayelsa state has failed.
This was contained in a report by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), which also disclosed that seven pirates armed with sophisticated automatic weapons were in a wooden speed boat trying to attack the tanker which was waiting for cargo loading instructions from the authorities.
According to the Bureau, the pirates attempted to board the tanker with their aluminum ladder before they were suspected by the crew members of the vessel.
It revealed that as soon as they sighted the pirates, they proceeded to the terminal as the security boat at the terminal escorted the vessel out of the danger zone and saved it from being attacked.
It was hinted that before this unsuccessful hijack, pirates had made another attempt to board a chemical tanker some 41 nautical miles off Brass early this year.
The attack was foiled when an officer of the ship noticed a speed boat approaching their vessel and raised an alarm before sending distress call as well as took anti-piracy preventive measures.
The source said the crew members locked themselves in the vessel with all the entrance doors securely locked which barred the pirates from executing their actions.