IMB WARNS OF RECORD NUMBER OF PIRATE ATTACKS ON CRUDE OIL TANKERS
September 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THERE were more pirate attacks from January to June of this year on crude oil tankers worldwide than in the same period of any year since 2004, the latest report from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has shown. It notes 24 such attacks, compared to 10 in January-June 2008, 18 in 2007, four in 2006, 12 in 2005, and 11 in 2004. Examples of attacks include armed robbers attacking the Bahamian MT Front Chief off Nigeria with explosives and automatic weapons, killing the line tug captain. Other violent attacks were noted in the South China ...
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