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    Cape Panwa - Speedboat pirates raid Thai tanker

    Speedboat pirates raid Thai tanker
    CAPE PANWA: A fuel tanker on its way to Phuket was boarded by six masked men in the Singapore Straight early Friday morning, the pirates making off with more than half-a-million baht in goods stolen from the vessel and its crew.

    News of the incident was reported to the Phuket City Police soon after the tanker, Patara Varin 2, reached the Phuket Deep Sea Port about 10 am yesterday.

    According to Rear-Admiral Supot Pruksa of the Third Naval Area Command, Patara Varin 2 was on April 21 ordered to transport Jet A-1 fuel from the ARC oil refinery at the Mabtaput Industrial Estate in Rayong to the PTT oil storage facility at the Phuket Deep Sea Port at Cape Panwa.

    After loading the fuel at 5:30 pm that day, Capt Pinit Rattanaphan reported engine trouble and spent the night moored at Mabtaput while repairs were carried out.

    Patara Varin 2 finally left Mabtaput at 4:45 am on April 22, scheduled to arrive in Phuket about 7 am on April 27, after making the long voyage around Singapore and up to Phuket.

    Just after midnight, in the early hours of April 25, Capt Pinit had relieved his deputy of command as the vessel began to enter the busy shipping lanes in the Singapore Strait.

    While he was writing a security report, he heard a hatch open. He presumed it to be crew member Rattasart Intima returning to the bridge after a trip to the head, and thought little of it.

    A few minutes later, he heard someone call out “Captain” in English.

    When he turned to look, he saw ship mechanic Jaras Srimart handcuffed and being led onto the bridge at knife- and gun-point by two masked men.

    After throttling down the engines at the pirates’ orders, Capt Pinit too was handcuffed – along with three other crew members who in turn came onto the bridge to see why the engines had slowed.

    The six pirates soon had the full 13-member crew in cuffs and began searching every cabin for valuables while two more pirates waited alongside the tanker.

    The pirates soon disembarked, racing into the darkness in their 20-foot speedboats, powered by twin 300hp outboards.

    There were no injuries reported.

    Capt Pinit reported that the incident took place at coordinates 01° 31.5' N, 104° 24.4' E while the ship was cruising at 11 knots.

    The entire operation lasted 45 minutes, during which the pirates made off with valuables estimated at 597,700 baht. Among the stolen items were cash, gold, 13 mobile phones, four notebook computers, two wristwatches and a CD player.

    Among themselves the pirates communicated in Indonesian, Capt Pinit wrote in his report.

    Phuket Gazette

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    The Indonesian Navy "moon-lighting" again.

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    Seems I am in the wrong job:-

    Quote Originally Posted by Times of London
    THE Royal Navy, once the scourge of brigands on the high seas, has been told by the Foreign Office not to detain pirates because doing so may breach their human rights.
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle3736239.ece

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    er , why wait and report to Thai Authorities an incident that occurred in the Singapore Straits ?

    Especially as on the way you pass through the Malacca Straits and the Regional anti-piracy HQ in KL .

    something don't add up ......................

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    Thai ship latest victim of Malacca pirates

    Thai ship latest victim of Malacca pirates


    Kuala Lumpur - Heavily armed pirates in Malaysian waters attacked a Thai oil tanker carrying jet fuel bound for Phuket, a maritime watchdog said Tuesday.

    Noel Choong, head of the International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre, said that in the April 25 incident, eight armed pirates on a powerful speedboat boarded the Thai tanker.


    Maritime officials identified the tanker as "Pataravarin 2."


    Choong said the pirates attacked the ship's master and stole the seafarers' money before escaping in the dark.


    The ship was heading into the Singapore Strait on the way to Phuket in southern Thailand, he said.


    Choong said this was the second pirate attack in the past three months in Malaysian waters.


    In another incident in the pirate infested waters of the Gulf of Aden, off Somalia, a South Korean bulk carrier came under pirate attack on Monday at about 0940 GMT (4:40pm Thailand time), he said.


    Choong said pirates believed to be from Somalia attacked the ship for about 40 minutes with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.


    "The ship was hit by a rocket and bullets," he said, adding that the captain took evasive measures "to prevent the 10 pirates in two speed boats from boarding," he said.


    Choong said the ship was still sailing to its destination in Europe despite the damage suffered in the attack.


    There has been an unprecedented surge in pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden with 13 attacks so far this year, Choong said.


    He urged seafarers to remain on high alert while plying the waters off Somalia which has emerged as one of the most dangerous waterways for seafarers amid a non-functioning government in the country for almost two decades.


    The waters off Nigeria and Somalia are the world's most dangerous hotspots for seafarers, with pirate attacks increasing globally in the first quarter of this year, the IMB said last week.

    It recorded 49 incidents worldwide in the period, compared with 41 last year. (Compiled by BangkokPost.com from Agency reports)



    I am certain more can be done to protect shipping in this area with more frequent naval patrolling and modern technology.


    These guys need to be blasted out of the water

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    that reads that the incident happened even further away , to be in Malaysian waters and heading into the Singapore Straits on your way to Thailand you would be heading South on Malaysia's East Coast .

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