Kidnapping - 48nm SW Luba

By: Dryad Global on December 13, 2021 at 4:32 PM

Kidnapping gulf of guinea West Africa Risk Intelligence

Reporting indicates that a containership has been attacked at location 03 11 N -007 49 E, 48nm SW Luba.

Early reports indicate 6 crew members have been kidnapped.

This latest attack occurred 32nm NW of the attack on the OSV MONTET TIDE in which 3 persons were kidnapped on the 25th October 2021.

This latest attack brings the total number of kidnapping incidents in 2021 to 10 and the number of kidnapped personnel to 76.

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