(1) Incident Type : ROBBERY | Vessel Type: CONTAINER VESSEL
2350 UTC | 08 February | Posn: 04-43.20S 011-45.20E | Congo
A robbery has occurred on a container vessel at Pointe Noire Anchorage Area. During routine
rounds the duty crew spotted 3 robbers, 1 armed with a knife. The alarm was then raised and the robbers escaped.
Upon a search of the vessel, it was found that one blue line polypropylene was missing from the mooring station.
(2) Incident Type : ROBBERY | Vessel Type: BARGE
2200 UTC | 08 February | Posn: 01-05.37N 103-34.21E | Singapore Strait
A robbery occurred on a barge whilst being towed by a tug boat in the Eastbound lane of the
Traffic Separation Scheme, Singapore Straits. 2 robbers were spotted boarding the barge from 2 small boats. When the robbers realised they had been spotted by the crew, they made their escape with some shackles stolen from the barge.
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