Twelve crew members have reportedly been kidnapped from a tanker off Equatorial Guinea.
According to reports, the Portugal-flagged LPG carrier CGas Saturn was boarded on 1 December while transiting about 50 nautical miles west of Mbini.
The vessel, owned by Christiania Gas, was en route to Malabo at the time of the attack. Four crewmembers remained onboard and one was reportedly injured during the incident.
The Gulf of Guinea remains a major hotspot for maritime crime, particularly around Nigeria’s Niger Delta. According to the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), 15 incidents were recorded in the region during the first nine months of 2025. While incident numbers remain curbed, crew safety remains a concern. Fourteen crew were kidnapped in these waters from January to September 2025.
To remind, a general cargo ship was boarded on 7 November, approximately 75 nautical miles west of Bata, Equatorial Guinea. The vessel was underway from Houston, United States, to Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, with an estimated freeboard of 4.25 meters at the time of the incident.