Cargo ship was attacked by pirates at around 0340 UTC Dec 15 in Gulf of Guinea west of Principe, says an article published in FleetMon.
What happened
It may sound like a bad joke, but ill-fated tanker NEW RANGER was under attack, again, third time in a row.
According to available ships tracks in area, NEW RANGER was the one crossing attack position at the time of attack.
It is said, that tanker was probably boarded, but as likely, she escaped boarding, maybe attack was thwarted by guards on board.
Anyway, she’s sailing with AIS on, she didn’t stop or reduce speed. Awaiting updates. Tanker is en route from Douala to Lome.
Past experience
December 6, 2020
Looks like tanker NEW RANGER was attacked and boarded again, at around 0300 UTC Dec 6, some 125 SWS of Bonny Nigeria. Awaiting updates. Hopefully pirates already fled and crew remained safe – as of 0900 UTC, tanker was under way full speed, in direction of her port of destination. AIS was on during all the time.
December 5, 2020
Product tanker NEW RANGER was attacked at around 0720 UTC Dec 5 in Gulf of Guinea, some 200 nm south of Lagos Nigeria, while en route from Luba Equatorial Guinea, to Douala Cameroon. Reportedly the ship was boarded, AIS went off at the time of attack, reappeared half an hour later. At 1220 UTC she was steaming at her cruising speed, in general direction of her port of destination. Not yet confirmed report said the crew are safe, and if hopefully, it is true, it means that crew managed to shelter in citadel, while pirates looted superstructure.
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Source: FleetMon
