A Cido Shipping products tanker has been targeted by pirates in a rare case of maritime piracy in the Philippines.
The incident aboard the 47,100-dwt Atlantic Diana (built 2007) took place last month at the New Davao Bay Coconut Oil Mill (DBCOM) wharf in Lanang Davao City.
Details of the incidents come in the latest monthly report by the Singapore-based Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre.
“While at dock, three small motor bancas came alongside the ship with six unidentified persons on board,” the ReCAAP report said.
“Three of them boarded the ship using ropes and hooks while another three served as look-outs.
“The group who boarded the ship broke the padlock and security seal of the forepeak store and took one set of Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCABA) and one spare oxygen tank.
“The perpetrators were sighted by the ship’s boatswain who immediately informed the duty officer. The ship’s crew then chased the perpetrators who threatened the crew with knives and guns.
“Thereafter, the perpetrators jumped into the water with the stolen items and were seen fleeing towards Sasa, Panacan, Davao City.”
The Atlantic Diana incident was one of only four incidents of piracy reported in the region in July, according to the ReCAAP report.
