![]() ![]() We’re steaming full speed into an ideal mess.Ĭontainer ship FOUMA, IMO 9395082, dwt 18287, capacity 1296 TEU, built 2007, flag Cyprus, manager MARLOW NAVIGATION CO LTD-CYP. Ships are defenceless, and the insiders know, why it is so. On the contrary, ships are most vulnerable to crime subjects, be it stealing, or armed robbery, or hijack. A Chinese cargo ship’s crew, aided by the international anti-piracy force, fought off an attempted hijacking this week using Molotov cocktails and water hoses. Crime is rising throughout the world, many thanks to “fighting virus” insanity, and ships are no exception. At worst, such attacks may become regular. If that is the case, criminals had to know insider information, such as containers numbers and locations, and ship’s plotted movements.Īt best, this attack is something of an exception, the result of some criminal operation. It looks like plotted and planned attack with the aim of obtaining specific goods from specific containers (the ship sailed to Ecuador ports from Balboa Panama). It is highly probably, that this attack wasn’t just robbers attack on a random ship with an aim of stealing anything they could. The robbers stole part of the cargo and escaped.įOUMA arrived at Guayaquil on Apr 9, left on Apr 10. When the search lights were directed towards the robbers, they opened fire towards the bridge. The robbers fired warning shots, managed to board the ship, and opened 15 containers. Master raised the alarm and activated the SSAS. GISIS reported an unusual piracy attack on container ship FOUMA in Ecuador waters, which took place at 0330 UTC (2230 LT) Apr 9, when the ship was under way, en route from Manta Ecuador to Guayaquil.Įight armed robbers in two speed boats approached a container ship underway.
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