SIX crewmen on aboard a small product tanker have been kidnapped off Nigeria, reports London's Tanker Operator
SIX crewmen on aboard a small product tanker have been kidnapped off Nigeria, reports London's Tanker Operator. The incident occurred at the Bonny Outer Anchorage on April 19, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre confirmed.
The vessel involved was thought to be the Palau flagged 3,100-dwt products tanker Apecus which was anchored at the time of the attack. The remaining crew was reported safe, the IMB added.
Negotiations were underway to release the crew and the Nigerian Navy was notified.
According to Equasis, the 1973-built Apecus is managed by Athens-based Petronav Carriers.
This followed another incident involving an anchored tanker off Nigeria on April 15, according to the IMB, when four persons armed with automatic weapons boarded an undisclosed vessel at Bonny River Inner Anchorage.
Nigerian guards on board the vessel returned fire resulting in the boarders escaping.
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