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Lloyd's List, 1 Sept 2009
Pirates attempt to board bulker in Singapore Strait
ARMED pirates attempted to board a capesize bulker in the Singapore Strait on Sunday evening.
Five pirates armed with machine guns attempted to board the Trasmed Shipping owned, 173,028 dwt bulker, Good Luck, close to Pulau Nipa, between the east and west bound lanes of the Singapore Strait according to a report from the Regional Co-operation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships.
The Cyprus-registered vessel was anchored in Indonesian waters at 1845 hrs on August 30 when five pirates armed with two machine guns attempted to board the vessel.
The ship’s master raised the alarm and the pirates aborted the attempt to board the vessel.
The Good Luck is the third vessel to be attacked by pirates in the Nipa transit anchorage since the end of March this year. In the two earlier attacks tugs were boarded by pirates armed with guns and knives.
ReCAAP urged ship masters to maintain vigilence at all times and adopt counter measures such as raisng all alarm signals and mustering the crew. It said early detection of an attack was the best deterrent as the incident on the bulker demonstrated.
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Lloyd's List, 1 Sept 2009
Pirates attempt to board bulker in Singapore Strait
ARMED pirates attempted to board a capesize bulker in the Singapore Strait on Sunday evening.
Five pirates armed with machine guns attempted to board the Trasmed Shipping owned, 173,028 dwt bulker, Good Luck, close to Pulau Nipa, between the east and west bound lanes of the Singapore Strait according to a report from the Regional Co-operation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships.
The Cyprus-registered vessel was anchored in Indonesian waters at 1845 hrs on August 30 when five pirates armed with two machine guns attempted to board the vessel.
The ship’s master raised the alarm and the pirates aborted the attempt to board the vessel.
The Good Luck is the third vessel to be attacked by pirates in the Nipa transit anchorage since the end of March this year. In the two earlier attacks tugs were boarded by pirates armed with guns and knives.
ReCAAP urged ship masters to maintain vigilence at all times and adopt counter measures such as raisng all alarm signals and mustering the crew. It said early detection of an attack was the best deterrent as the incident on the bulker demonstrated.
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1. IMF:Singapore 2009 GDP will be worse than what govt had forcasted
2. West sparks Singapore fund shake-up
3. Pirates attempt to board bulker in Singapore Strait
4. Does a legalized market for kidneys in Singapore violate human dignity?
5. 12 member delegation from Singapore on week long tour of TN
6. IMF urges Singapore to keep monetary policy settings
7. Singapore moisture-resistant film research gets funding
8. Call to maximise Singapore connection
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11. Temasek's Revised Charter
12. Elderly in Singapore generally well taken care of: poll
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