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An oil tanker seized by Iran last Thursday was carrying Kuwaiti crude and had a crew of 24 Indians.
The US has demanded the immediate release of the Marshall Islands-flagged Advantage Sweet, which was travelling in international waters and near the Gulf of Oman when the incident happened, according to the US military.
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Three incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia (all CAT 4 incidents) were reported between 25 April – 1 May.
The incidents occurred on 17 Apr on board a bulk carrier while berthed alongside at Port of Haldia, India. On 27 Apr on board a tanker while anchored at Anchorage, Philippines and on 1 May on board a tanker while transiting through the Singapore Strait (SS). The crew members were not injured in all the three incidents. Engine spares and ship stores were stolen in two of the incidents, and nothing was stolen in the other.
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The IMO considers exhaust gas scrubbers to be an acceptable means of reducing vessels’ sulphur emissions and ensuring compliance with MARPOL Annex VI. A separate guideline, Resolution MEPC.259(68), specifies the requirements for the verification, testing, survey and certification of scrubber systems and sets out the criteria for discharging scrubber washwater into the sea.
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Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), published a statement this week to inform that the ship that had been under a pirate attack in Gulf of Guinea, Success 9, was located on April 15th and the crew is safe.
Pirates boarded the chemical/product tanker Success 9 last week, 300 miles off the of Ivory Coast a few weeks after Monjasa Reformer tanker was also attacked in the area. According to MPA, a commercial ship, Monjasa Sprinter, passing by picked up a distress call from Success 9. The master of Monjasa Sprinter then reported the location of Success to the latter’s Company Security Officer (CSO).