# Piracy in the Gulf of Guinea **URL:** \ **Category:** Maritime News\ **Created:** [July 3, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/piracy-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/55913 "2020-07-03T12:52:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/piracy-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/55913/1 "2020-07-03T12:52:46Z")
Just about every day there are new reports of crews being abducted from ships somewhere in the Gulf of Guinea. Here is the latest: > **[Five crew kidnapped from PIL multipurpose vessel -](https://splash247.com/five-crew-kidnapped-from-pil-multipurpose-vessel/)** > > The 2013-built 27,000 dwt multipurpose cargo vessel has been boarded by armed pirates offshore Cotonou of Benin in West Africa. Maritime security consultancy Dryad Global reported five crewmembers, all Chinese nationals, have been kidnapped from the... ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 3:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/piracy-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/55913/2 "2020-10-21T15:27:12Z")
Guard P&I warn against switching off AIS while in Nigerian waters: > **[Do not switch off the AIS in Nigerian waters](http://www.gard.no/web/updates/content/30551909/do-not-switch-off-the-ais-in-nigerian-waters)** ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/piracy-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/55913/3 "2023-04-13T21:14:49Z")
> **[Owner unable to contact Singapore-registered tanker that was boarded by...](https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-oil-tanker-success-9-boarded-ivory-coast-owner-unable-contact-mpa-3415511)** > > SINGAPORE: Hai Soon Group, the owner of a Singapore-registered oil tanker that was boarded by "unidentified persons" off Ivory Coast earlier this week, is still unab ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/piracy-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/55913/4 "2023-05-02T21:06:25Z")
An unbelievable story of State piracy that happened in the Gulf of Guinea and a 9 month ordeal for the crew has finally ended. The original story: > **[Statement issued by owners of the Heroic Idun, Idun Maritime Limited |...](https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/statement-issued-by-owners-of-the-heroic-idun-idun-maritime-limited/)** Today’s good news: > **[Heroic Idun crew released from Nigerian jail after nine-month ordeal  -...](https://splash247.com/heroic-idun-crew-released-from-nigerian-jail-after-nine-month-ordeal/)** > > After nine months of incarceration, Nigeria has finally released the crew of the VLCC , who were accused of attempting to lift oil from an offshore platform and held without bail since last August. The Marshall Islands-flagged tanker and its crew... > [@](#): > > The Nigerian Navy has not made secret their desire to have the vessel and crew transferred to Nigeria, where, according to Stephen Askins, partner at UK shipping law firm Tatham & Co, past records have shown that the crew would be exposed to being held in inhumane conditions pending further investigation or bail. > “In the absence of any extradition treaty, this amounts to unlawful rendition described recently in the Court of Appeal in London as one of the gravest breaches of human rights that there can be,” said Askins via LinkedIn, adding that the charges faced by the crew for attempted theft of oil carry life sentences. Source: [Equatorial Guinea to send arrested VLCC and its crew back to Nigeria - Splash247](https://splash247.com/equatorial-guinea-to-send-arrested-vlcc-and-its-crew-back-to-nigeria/) That anybody would even think that a 300000 DWT tanker was in the business of stealing crude oil is unbelievable in the first place. Neither the Owners or Managers of this vessel are “fly-by-night” outfits and she was on charter to BP. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/piracy-in-the-gulf-of-guinea/55913/5 "2023-07-03T12:28:28Z")
Crew is the target, not the vessel, stores, or the cargo: > **[Six crew kidnapped off Cameroon  - Splash247](https://splash247.com/six-crew-kidnapped-off-cameroon/)** > > A Panama-flagged general cargo vessel was boarded by criminals last Friday at the Douala anchorage in Cameroon, resulting in six crewmembers being kidnapped, according to maritime security consultancy Ambrey.  The vessel was approximately 0.8...