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Third boarding in one month confirmed
It has now been clarified that the 'New Ranger' was actually boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea on Dec 14 for the third time in December, as reported by Dryad Global. The security consulting company Ambrey otherwise initially dismissed the incident 160 nautical miles off the coast of Nigeria. Ambrey now admitted that an "unauthorized person" has been seen on the video surveillance from the ship. The suspects were described as "pirates". The crew sheltered themselves in the ship's citadel and nothing came of it. The same ship was also boarded off the coast of Nigeria on both Dec 5 and 6 and was also hit by pirate attacks in 2011 and 2015 off the coast of West Africa. Since the attack on the 'New Ranger', pirates have abducted 13 crew members, eight from the cargo ship 'Stevia' 29 nautical miles from the shore and subsequently, five were kidnapped from the cargo ship 'Cap Saint Georges', as it was at roughly the same distance from the coast.
Fifth attack was false alarm
The reported attack on the 'New Ranger' in the night of Dec 14 was a false alarm, the security consulting company Ambrey stated. The security company Dryad Global had reported the attack earlier. In fact the 'New Ranger' was attacked on Dec 5 and 6, when pirates boarded the ship in the Gulf of Guinea off Nigeria, but subsequently abandoned their plan. The ship was now continuing on its route from Douala to Lome, ETA Dec 16.
Tanker attacked for the fith time and three times in December
#The 'New Ranger' was boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea 160 nautical miles southwest of Brassin the night of Dec 14 for the third time in December. It was the second incident this week in the Gulf of Guinea and thus the third time the ship has been boarded since Dec 5. The threat level in the area was raised to "critical" on Nov 11. Ships were encouraged to exercise the utmost care in the area and preferably stay 200-250 nautical miles from the coast if possible. In addition to the now three attacks in December, the 'New Ranger' has also been subjected to pirate attacks in the Gulf of Guinea in June and September 2011.
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