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UPDATED:Piracy & Robbery Incidents - March 2012

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 UPDATED: 17 April 2012

High Risk Areas Piracy Incident Maps - March 2012

OCEANUSLive provides graphic illustrations of pirate activity throughout the month of March.

Piracy and robbery at sea incidents throughout March 2012 show an increase in hijacks by Somali pirates as the weather becomes more conducive to small boat operations which is expected to remain the case into the majority of the month of May. Eight hijacks occurred in the Horn of Africa/Indian Ocean HRA, whilst the risk of more violent piracy off the coast of West Africa has also increased, the amount of attacks were actually lower than in February. A similar result is seen in Southeast Asia.

March 2012 saw 42 incidents occur. One incident in the North Atlantic Ocean off Port Au Prince anchorage, Haiti - Denmark-flagged product tanker, Northern Princess is not shown.

(Click on maps for enlarged view)

Horn of Africa/Indian Ocean:

HOA_IOR March Stats

  1. 1 Mar - MV BSLE Star; St Vincent & Grenadines-flagged, Italian-owned - Arabian Sea

  2. 2 Mar - MV Royal Grace; Panama-flagged chemical tanker. First reported attacked position- Arabian Sea (See 5);

  3. 2 Mar - Ghazal Howlf; Yemen-flagged dhow - Gulf of Aden; HIJACKED;

  4. 4 Mar - MSC Oslo; Panama-flagged, Hong Kong-owned container ship - Arabian Sea;

  5. 4 Mar - MV Royal Grace; Panama-flagged UAE-owned chemical tanker; owner confirmed vessel HIJACKED;

  6. 6 Mar - MV Advance Victoria; Bahamas-flagged tanker - Gulf of Aden;

  7. 6 Mar - Al Sharqia; Dhow - Gulf of Aden; HIJACKED, Released (Mechanical failure);

  8. 10 Mar - MV Hatef; Cyprus-flagged, Iran-owned tanker - Red Sea;

  9. 10 Mar - Ramban; India-flagged dhow - Gulf of Aden; HIJACKED, Freed by CP Forces;

  10. 11 Mar - MV Estelle Maersk; Denmark-flagged container ship - Arabian Sea;

  11. 17 Mar - MV Trans Catalonia; Singapore-flagged chemical tanker - Gulf of Aden - Pirates Disrupted;

  12. 17 Mar - Unknown MV; - Somali Basin;

  13. 19 Mar - MSC Anafi; Liberia-flagged container ship - Somali Basin; Vessel previously attacked 4 Apr 2010;

  14. 23 Mar - MV Andinet; Ethiopia-flagged geneeral cargo ship - Arabian Sea;

  15. 24 Mar - MV Cosmic Jewel; Liberia-flagged tanker-Arabian Sea;

  16. 25 Mar - MV Blue Diamond - Liberia-flagged bulk carrier - Arabian Sea - Pirates Disrupted;

  17. 26 Mar - MV Eglantine; Bolivia-flagged, Iran-owned bulk carrier - Indian Ocean; HIJACKED, Freed by Iranian Navy;

  18. 26 Mar - Alex Challenger; Panama-flagged research vessel - Arabian Sea;

  19. 26 Mar - Unnamed dhow - Gulf of Aden; HIJACKED;

  20. 26 Mar - Naham 3; Oman-flagged fishing vessel - Somali Basin; HIJACKED;

  21. 26 Mar - LR2 Polaris; Hong Kong-flagged tanker - Indian Ocean;

  22. 27 Mar - Unnamed Fishing Vessel; Indian Ocean; HIJACKED;

  23. 29 Mar - Name Withheld; Denmark-flagged chemical tanker - Mozambique anchorage (Robbery).

22 Mar - MV Ginga Tiger; Panama-flagged chemical tanker - Gulf of Aden (Robbery - NOT SHOWN)

West Africa:

West Africa March Stats

  1. 4 Mar - Geo Endeavour; Panama-flagged Offshore supply ship - Takoradi Outer Anchorage, Ghana;

  2. 7 Mar - SP Atlanta; Marshall Islands chemical tanker - Port Harcourt, Nigeria;

  3. 14 Mar - Season Trader; Philippines-flagged refrigerated cargo carrier - Boma anchorage, Democratic Rep. of Congo;

  4. 17 Mar - Maersk Harmony; Singapore-flagged LPG tanker - Abidjan anchorage, Cote D'Ivoire;

  5. 22 Mar - Pluto; Unknown flag - Bonny Island, Nigeria;

  6. 22 Mar - Zouzou; Liberia-flagged tanker - Bonny Island, Nigeria,

Note: Region suffers from under-reporting.

Southeast Asia:

Southeast Asia March Stats

  1. 3 Mar - Ten Yoshi Maru; Panama-flagged bulk carrier - Kakinada anchorage, India;

  2. 8 Mar - Mare Italicum; Italy-flagged Crude oil tanker - Dumai Inner ancorage, Indonesia, Malacca Strait;

  3. 11 Mar - Ocean Amazing; Singapore-flagged bulk carrier - Tanjung Priok Outer anchorage, Indonesia;

  4. 18 Mar - INA Lotte; Liberia-flagged bulk carrier - Balikpapan Inner anchorage, Indonesia.

    5 Mar - Puffin Bulker; bulk carrier - Toboneo anchorage, Borneo (Robbery - NOT SHOWN);

    14 Mar - Germans; Antigua & Barbuda-flagged container ship - Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh (Robbery - NOT SHOWN);

    15 Mar - Tinus; Liberia-flagged - Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh (Robbery - NOT SHOWN);

    20 Mar - Maple Express; Hong Kong-flagged tanker - Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh (Robbery - NOT SHOWN);

    22 Mar - Andakini; Comoros-flagged tanker - Chittagong anchorage, Bangladesh (Robbery - NOT SHOWN);

    25 Mar - Unnamed product tanker; - Pedra Branca, Malaysia (Robbery - NOT SHOWN);

    25 Mar - Unique Armony; Hong Kong-flagged chemical tanker - Lubuk Gaung, Dumai anchorage, Indonesia (Robbery - NOT SHOWN).


Sources: IMB Piracy Reporting Centre; NATO Shipping Centre; IMO; EUNAVFOR; Somalia Report and gCaptain.

The locations are representational and are not to be used as an accurate reference for any other purpose. No guarantee is given for the accuracy of any report.

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