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Flash Report
Thursday 03 December 2020
Waterfall at sunset
150nm Southwest of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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Incident Details

Incident Type: Pirate Attack

Location: 150nm Southwest of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Source: Clearwater

Incident Date: 03 Dec 2020, 1035 UTC

Lat/Long: 02:50:00N – 005:25:00E

Alert Number: 1050 Update 1

Incident Description

It has been reported that a tanker was attacked whilst underway, 150nm Southwest of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Two skiffs with up to twelve armed pirates onboard approached the tanker and opened fire coming to within 100 metres. The armed guards onboard returned fire, which resulted in the pirates aborting their attack. The vessel and crew are reported as safe.

UPDATE 1

MDAT-GoG have amended the vessel type and position of this incident to 02:50:00N – 005:24:08E, the vessel involved is classed as a reefer.

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