Ten Bulker Crew Members Saved from Pirate Hands off Nigerian Coast
Armed pirates boarded a drifting bulk carrier around 17 nautical miles south-southwest (SSW) off Bonny Island, Nigeria on November 11 and kidnapped ten of its crew members.
The pirates reportedly entered the bridge and fired their weapons damaging the bridge windows.
“They stole ship’s properties, crew personal belongings, kidnapped 10 crew and escaped in their boat,” according to a report from ICC IMB.
The UK-flagged bulker has been identified as the 2012-built Venus Bay owned by Pioneer Marine, but the company is yet to confirm the attack to World Maritime News. As informed, the ship was on its way toward the Nigerian port of Onne when the attack occurred.
Due to a prompt reaction from two Nigerian navy vessels, the pirates were intercepted and the kidnapped crew released...