A Maersk Supply Service anchor handler is reported to have been targeted by pirates in the Gulf of Mexico, TradeWinds has learnt.
The Maersk Transporter (built 2009) is said to have been boarded by armed pirates late on 12 April off Ciudad Del Carmen, Mexico.
Unconfirmed reports said they took several crew hostage while they looted the Danish-flagged vessel.
“All crew members are in good condition and have been offered crisis assistance,” Mark Handin, chief operating officer of Maersk Supply Services, was quoted as saying by Danish media.
He told trade publication FiskerBladet: “We are in constant contact with the local authorities.”
This is the second reported incident of piracy against an offshore support vessel in the Gulf of Mexico in as many days.
On Wednesday, TradeWinds published video footage of an incident involving the 2,700-dwt platform supply vessel Remas (built 2011).
Local media reported that the Italian-owned vessel was boarded on the night of 12 April, 130 km off the port of Dos Bocas.
The gunmen fired at the bridge, injuring two crew members, before stealing welding equipment, helmets and diving tanks.
Attacks in the oilfield off Mexico are rare, but not unknown.
The Remas had previously been targeted by armed pirates last November in an incident that left two crew injured.
Security consultancy Dryad Global said at the time it had no record of attacks in the region. "Incidents here would be a very unusual occurrence," it told TradeWinds.
