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Posted on 27 March, 2015
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(1) 0736 UTC | 26 March | Posn : 13-01.00 N 043-07.00 E | Bab el Mandeb, Red Sea |
| A merchant vessel was approached by 1 white hulled skiff within 250 m at a speed of up to 20 knots. The skiff had 3 persons on board wearing yellow raincoats. When the skiff approached the vessel's port quarter, at 400 m, the Armed Security Team (AST) fired a flare and displayed weapons. The skiff continued to approach, once at 250 m the AST fired 3 warning shots which resulted in the skiff aborting their approach. No ladders or weapons were sighted during this incident. |
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(2) 2030 UTC | 25 March | Posn : 04-14.00 N 007-59.00 E | INIM Field, South AKWA IBOM, Nigeria |
| 3 armed pirates in speedboat boarded the offshore supply vessel MV WILDEBEEST. All the crew members on board mustered in the ships citadel. The MV AUGUSTINA was deployed to the vessels position to assist her. when MV AUGUSTINA arrived, the pirates had disembarked from the MV WILDEBEEST. Further information will follow once obtained. |
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