| Anti-Shipping Activity Warning Messages |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 12/20/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-20 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
28 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Victim: |
CONTAINER SHIP ASIAN SENATOR |
| Description: |
|
| PANAMA CANAL. 20 DECEMBER 1989. THE MOTOR
CONTAINER SHIP ASIAN SENATOR, LIBERIAN REGISTRY, O.N. 8561, WAS
BOARDED AND TAKEN OVER BY SEVENTEEN PIRATES ON 20 DECEMBER 1989
WHILE THE SHIP WAS AT PIER 9, PORT COLON, ON THE CARIBBEAN SIDE OF
THE PANAMA CANAL. SEE SPECIAL WARNING 74 |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 12/14/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-18 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
24 |
| Geographical Location: |
12/47/00 S 38/29/00 W |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
CHEMICAL CARRIER:STOLT EAGLE |
| Description: |
|
| ARATU, BRAZIL 14 DECEMBER 1989 While at anchor
in the harbor of Aratu, Brazil, the STOLT EAGLE was boarded by (6)
six pirates. The pirates were all dressed in boiler suits and armed
with machine guns, revolvers, and knives. The Master was forced to
his cabin where at least $15,000 was stolen along with other
personal possessions. The Master, Chief Officer, and First Assistant
Engineer were seriously injured. The pirates left about 0240 (local
time) and rowed away in a small boat. Efforts were made to contact
Police ashore to apprehend the pirates but to no avail.
|
|
| Date of Occurrence: 12/05/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-19 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
62 |
| Geographical Location: |
10/30/00 N 45/00/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
MOGADISHU REBELS |
| Victim: |
ALL SHIPPING |
| Description: |
|
| The Somali National Movement (SNM) warns all
shipping agencies not to cooperate with the dying regime of
Mogadishu,because they are not able to ensure the safety of ships
and their crews against any dangers that they may be exposed to. For
this reason on December 5, 1989, the SNM Coast Guard seized a ship
flying a Panamanian flag enroute to Berbera,Somalia. This is a major
port still in the hands of the loyalist troops of the Mogadishu
Regime. This is the third ship the SNM has seized. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 09/23/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-17 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
23 |
| Geographical Location: |
13/6/00 N 80/18/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
LASH STONEWALL JACKSON |
| Description: |
|
| INDIAN OCEAN ON SEPT. 24TH 1989 0200HRS.
(LOCAL TIME) WHILE APPROACHING THE PILOT STATION AT MADRAS, INDIA,
THE VESSEL STONEWALL JACKSON WAS BOARDED BY THIEVES. THE VESSEL
SLOWED FOR PILOT AFTERWHICH IT WAS BOARDED FROM A FISHING BOAT
SHOWING NO LIGHTS. CREW WAS HELD UP AT KNIFE POINT. THIEVES STOLE
ALUMINUM LADDERS ONLY. NO REPORTED INJURIES. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 07/09/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-11 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
55 |
| Geographical Location: |
34/10/00 N 35/15/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
SYRIAN GUNBOATS |
| Victim: |
M TANK ALOIL |
| Description: |
|
| LEBANON. M TANK ALOIL BROKE THROUGH A SYRIAN
NAVAL BLOCKADE TO LEBANON. SHE DISCHARGED HER CARGO AT JONIEH,
LEBANON. THE ALOIL SAILED LIGHT 1215 JULY 9, 1989. WHILE SAILING IN
INTERNATIONAL WATERS THE VESSEL WAS SHELLED OR TORPEDOED BY THE
SYRIAN NAVY, SUSTAINING DAMAGE TO HER ENGINE ROOM. THE M TANK ALOIL
SUBSEQUENTLY SUNK. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 07/06/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-7 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
61 |
| Geographical Location: |
20/00/00 N 36/00/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
UNKNOWN TERRORISTS |
| Victim: |
OCEAN STAR |
| Description: |
|
| AFRICA, WEST COAST. THE OCEAN STAR AND ANOTHER
YACHT WERE FIRED UPON WHILE SAILING OFF THE MOSAMBICAN COAST, SOUTH
OF PUNTA DA BARRA DE SOUSA. THE ATTACK LASTED 15 MINUTES. NO
PERSONAL OR PROPERTY DAMAGE REPORTED. POSITION GIVEN FOR REFERENCE
ONLY NOT ACTUALY LOCATION OF INCIDENT. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 07/01/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-6 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
91 |
| Geographical Location: |
8/14/00 N 124/14/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
M/V ISLA LUZON |
| Description: |
|
| PHILLIPINES. THE M/V ISLA LUZON WAS SEIZED BY
18 GUNMEN OFF OF THE SOUTHERN PORT CITY OF ILIGAN. THREE CREWMEN
WERE TAKEN HOSTAGE AND 27 WERE SET ADRIFT ON A RUBBER RAFT THE ISLA
LUZON WAS BOUND FOR CEBU ISLAND WITH A CARGO OF STEEL AT THE TIME OF
SEIZURE. TWO OTHER VESSELS HAVE BEEN HIJACKED IN THE PAST YEAR IN
THIS AREA. POSITION GIVEN FOR REFERENCE ONLY, NOT ACTUALE LOCATION
OF INCIDENT. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 07/01/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-8 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
56 |
| Geographical Location: |
34/10/00 N 35/15/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
SYRIA |
| Victim: |
SEA TIGER |
| Description: |
|
| LEBANON. THE LEBANESE YACHT SEA TIGER AND HER
CREW OF SIX WERE INTERCEPTED BY SYRIAN GUNBOATS OFF OF LEBANON'S
CHRISTIAN ENCLAVE AND TAKEN TO THE PORT OF TARTOUS WHERE THEY WERE
QUESTIONED BY SYRIAN AUTHORITIES. THE YACHT AND CREW WERE RELEASED.
NO INJURIES REPORTED. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 06/13/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-15 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
93 |
| Geographical Location: |
2/30/00 N 105/00/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
MAJOR SHIPPING |
| Description: |
|
| SOUTH CHINA SEA. 1. A LIBERIAN-REGISTERED
PETROLEUM GAS TANKER OPERATED BY A JAPANESE COMPANY WAS ATTACKED
AUGUST 6, 1989 BY THREE SWORD-WIELDING PIRATES OFF THE ANAMBAS
ISLANDS OF INDONESIA WHILE ENROUTE TO JAPAN FROM THE UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES. THE PIRATES ROBBED THE CREW MEMBERS OF CASH AND OTHER
VALUABLES. 2. ON AUGUST 7, 1989 A PANAMANIAN-REGISTERED FREIGHTER
OPERATED BY A JAPANES-FIRM WAS ATTACKED BY FOUR PIRATES OFF THE SAME
ISLANDS WHILE ON THE WAY TO JAPAN FROM SINGAPORE. PIRATES ROBBED THE
CREW OF THE 15000-TON FREIGHTER OF CASH AND VALUABLES. 3. THE
PIRATES ATTACKED BY APPROACHING THE VESSELS IN WOODEN HIGH- SPEED
BOATS, AVOIDING DETECTION BY RADAR. 4. GREEK AND NORWEGIAN VESSELS
WERE ALSO PIRATED ON AUGUST 8 AND 9 RESPECTIVELY. POSITION GIVEN FOR
REFERENCE ONLY, NOT ACTUAL LOCATION OF INCIDENT. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 06/11/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-5 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
54 |
| Geographical Location: |
14/35/00 N 17/20/00 W |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES/THIEVES |
| Victim: |
ESSO LANGUEDONC |
| Description: |
|
| AT NIGHT WHILE AT ANCHOR IN ABOVE POSITION,
EIGHT MILES OFFSHORE OF DAKKAR, THE VESSEL WAS BOARDED BY AN UNKNOWN
NUMBER OF PERSONS. THE VESSEL HAD A BRIDGE WATCH AND ALL DECK LIGHTS
ON. A MOORING LINE AND MOORING TALE, 800 KILOS OF PAINT, 7 FIRE
HOSES, AND SOME PERSONAL EFFECTS WERE STOLEN. THE CAPTAIN ESTIMATES
IT WOULD HAVE TAKEN 8 MEN TO REMOVE THE ITEMS. THERE WERE MANY
FISHING VESSELS IN THE GENERAL AREA, SOME WITHOUT NAVIGATION LIGHTS.
NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. ABOVE RECEIVED FROM EXXON INTERNATIONAL.
|
|
| Date of Occurrence: 04/01/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-4 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
56 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
UNKNOWN |
| Victim: |
ISOLA AZZURRA |
| Description: |
|
| THE ITALIAN SHIP ISOLA AZZURRA, CARRYING MORE
THAN 5,000 TONS OF SULFURIC ACID, WAS ATTACKED WHEN IT WAS ENTERING
THE PORT OF BEIRUT FOR A ROUTINE CUSTOMS INSPECTION. FOUR ROCKET
GRENADES FIRED FROM THE COAST BLEW A HOLE ABOUT FIVE FEET IN
DIAMETER IN THE SHIP'S SIDE ABOVE THE WATER LINE, DAMAGING CREW
QUARTERS. NONE OF THE 20 CREW ON BOARD WERE HURT. THE ATTACK TOOK
PLACE ABOUT 1.5 MILES OFF THE COAST OF BEIRUT. SEE SPECIAL WARNING
71. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 01/01/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-14 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
93 |
| Geographical Location: |
8/00/00 N 115/00/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
SHIPPING |
| Description: |
|
| SOUTH EAST AISA. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO BE
ALERT FOR THE POSSIBITY OF VESSELS BEING BOARDED AND HIJAKED BY
ARMED PIRATES WHILE TRANSITING THROUGH OR ANCHORED IN THE WATERS OF
SOUTH EAST ASIA. POSITION IS FOR REFRENCE ONLY NOT POSITION OF
INCIDENT. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 01/01/1989 |
Reference Number: 1989-16 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
62 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN |
| Victim: |
U.S. MARINERS |
| Description: |
|
| RED SEA, YEMEN 1. MARINERS ARE ADVISED THAT
CAUTION SHOULD BE OBSERVED IN ENTERING THE TWELVE NAUTICAL MILE
TERRITORIAL SEA CLAIMED BY THE PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
(PDRY). THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT ENJOY DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH
THE PDYR AND THERE HAVE BEEN PREVIOUS INCIDENTS OF ATTACK ON
AMERICAN SHIPS. 2. THE PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE IS SOLELY FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ADVISING UNITED STATES MARINERS OF INFORMATION RELEVANT
TO NAVIGATIONAL SAFETY AND IN NO WAY CONSTITUTES A LEGAL RECOGNITION
BY THE UNITED STATES OF THE VALIDITY OF ANY FOREIGN RULE,
REGULATION, OR PROCLAMATION SO PUBLISHED. SEE SPECIAL WARNING 76
|
|
| Date of Occurrence: 11/04/1988 |
Reference Number: 1989-1 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
71 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
HAI HUI |
| Description: |
|
| SINGAPORE. 4 NOVEMBER 1988. THE HAI HUI WAS
ATTACKED BY PIRATES BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 0300 IN THE VICINITY OF
HORSBURGH LIGHTHOUSE. THE SHIPS MASTER WAS REPORTED BEING KIDNAPPED
AND THERE IS NO NEWS OF HIS WHEREABOUTS. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 09/01/1988 |
Reference Number: 1989-13 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
71 |
| Geographical Location: |
3/29/00 N 105/30/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
UNKNOWN VESSEL |
| Description: |
|
| SOUTH CHINA SEA, KEPULAUAN ANAMBAS. 1,
MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO BE ALERT FOR PIRATES BOARDING OR ATTEMPTING
TO BOARD VESSELS WHILE UNDERWAY BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND HONG KONG. 2.
A U.S. FLAG VESSEL WAS BOARDED IN THE VICINITY OF 03-29N 105-30E, IN
SEPTEMBER, 1988. NO INJURIES REPORTED. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 01/27/1988 |
Reference Number: 1989-2 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
24 |
| Geographical Location: |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
M/V SEA WOLF |
| Description: |
|
| SANTOS BRAZIL. 24 JANUARY 1988. THE M/V SEA
WOLF, A CONTAINER/RORO VESSEL, WHILE AT ANCHOR IN SANTOS WAS BOARDED
BY SIX ARMED PIRATES WEILDING HAND AND MACHINE GUNS AT 0420 LOCAL
TIME. AFTER ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES FAILED, THE
MASTER PROCEEDED ON DECK ARMED WITH A HAND GUN. THE SHIP'S WHISTLE
WAS BLOWN . THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE AND THE PIRATES FLED
THE VESSEL VIA THE MOORING LINES. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE
INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE FEDERAL BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES. THIS WAS
THE FIFTH BOARDING BY PIRATES ON THE M/V SEA WOLF. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 01/29/1985 |
Reference Number: 1989-9 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
71 |
| Geographical Location: |
2/30/00 N 101/00/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
PIRATES |
| Victim: |
AMERICAN FLAG SHIP |
| Description: |
|
| MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION
WHEN TRANSITING THE STRAIT OF MALACCA AND ADJACENT WATERS BECAUSE OF
CONTINUED REPORTS OF SHIPS BEING BOARDED AND ROBBED BY ARMED
PIRATES. ON 29 JANUARY,'85 IT WAS REPORTED THAT AN AMERICAN FLAG
SHIP WAS BOARDED BY ARMED PIRATES AND ROBBED WHILE TRANSITING THE
MALACCA STREIT. POSITION IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY NOT POSITION OF
INCIDENT. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 09/01/1984 |
Reference Number: 1989-10 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
93 |
| Geographical Location: |
11/55/00 N 101/8/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
UNKNOWN |
| Victim: |
UNNAMED VESSEL |
| Description: |
|
| GULF OF THAILAND. VESSEL REPORTED BEING FIRED
UPON 201744Z SEPT.1984, WHILE IN POSITION 11-55N 101-08E IN VICINITY
OF KO CHUANG ISLAND. |
|
| Date of Occurrence: 05/01/1978 |
Reference Number: 1989-12 |
| Geographical Subregion: |
92 |
| Geographical Location: |
6/00/00 N 119/30/00 E |
| Aggressor: |
UNKNOWN |
| Victim: |
UNKNOWN VESSEL |
| Description: |
|
| SOUTH SULU SEA LLOYDS LIST OF 15 MAY REPORTS A
5000 TON SHIP OUTRAN TWO HEAVILY ARMED BOATS DURING A NIGHT TIME
ATTACK IN THE SOUTHERN SULU SEA ON 4 MAY 1978. SHIP HIT BY HAND
GRENADES AND RIFLE FIRE. POSITION IS FOR REFERENCE ONLY NOT POSITION
OF INCIDENT. |
|
