အဏၰ၀ါ စြမ္းအင္(O/Energy) သေဘၤာဓျမတိုက္ခံရပံုအေသးစိတ္

အဏၰ၀ါ စြမ္းအင္(O/Energy) သေဘၤာဓျမတိုက္ခံရပံုအေသးစိတ္

Vessel: M.T. “OCEAN ENERGY” (IMO 9589580)

Date: 02 May 2015

Incident: Pirates boarded OCEAN ENERGY in Malacca Straits and siphoned 2033 MT of cargo Gasoil

Location : Lat: 2­ 14’ N, Long: 101­ 56’East, at Straits of Malacca, 13 n.miles off Port Dickson, West Malaysia

Timeline of Events Leading to the Piracy Incident

1.

In the morning of 02 May 2015, after complete loading of 5,948.26 metric tonnes of Gas Oil from at Western Outer Port Limits, Singapore, Ocean Energy commenced her voyage to Yangon, Myanmar via the Straits of Malacca.

2.

At approximately 1300 hours (local time) on 02 May 2015, the C/O instructed the deck crew to put on the razor wires along the ship sides from forecastle to the stern. Fire hoses were connected to hydrants and standby on deck. Razor wires were also laid at the two external stairways to Bridge from boat deck and along the wheelhouse aft railing.

3.

At approximately 1800 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, the Master carried out Safety meeting and anti‐piracy briefing to all crew except those on watch.

4.

At 1945 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, the 3rd Officer instructed the duty Able Seaman to close the curtain in cargo meeting room below and also to check all watertight doors in the accommodation were closed and locked.

5.

At 2000 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, duty Able Seaman returned to the Bridge after checking all watertight doors in the accommodation were closed and locked.

6.

At 2030 hours (Local time) on the 02 May 2015, the Master who was on the Bridge since 1935 hours, went down to his cabin for rest.

7.

At 2100 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, it started to rain heavily. Visibility was reportedly poor.

8.

At 2113 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, the 3rd Officer altered course from 307 degrees to 312 degrees.

9.

At 2130 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, whilst the 3rd Officer and duty Able Seaman was standing at wheelhouse forward focusing on the traffic, the door of the wheelhouse was suddenly opened and five pirates with pistols and parang rushed in and shouted “don’t move, keep quiet”. The pirates were noted with face masked and walk bare footed.

10.

The pirates then tied up the hands of 3rd Officer and duty Able Seaman with cable straps. After the pirates gathered from the 3rd Officer that “OCEAN ENERGY” was carrying Gas Oil cargo, the pirates asked the 3rd Officer to bring them to the Master cabin.

11.

At 2140 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, four pirates then followed the 3rd Officer to the Master cabin below. The 3rd Officer then knocked the Master cabin door as ordered by the pirates.

12.

The Master, who was resting in the cabin, heard the door knocking and the 3rd Officer calling him. He also noted some unfamiliar noise outside. However, the Master decided to open the door.

13.

Upon opening the door, the pirates rushed into the Master cabin and pointed the pistols at the Master. The Master hand was then tied up with cable straps by the pirates.

14.

The pirates then asked the Master to knock or open with master key the cabin doors of Chief Officer, Chief Engineer and 2nd Engineer one by one. After the pirates had woke up and tied up the hands of Chief Officer, Chief Engineer and 2nd Engineer, all four and the 3rd Officer were brought down to the mess room by two pirates.

15.

The other pirates then instructed the Master to knock or open the cabin doors of the rest of the crew one by one on “A” deck and Upper deck. After all crew, who were resting in the cabins, were woken up and hands tied with cable straps, the Master and the tied crew were then brought to the mess room at poop deck. The pirates then went down the Engine Room with the Master and got hold of the 4th Engineer and duty Oiler in the Engine Control Room. After both were hand tied, they were brought to the mess room.

16.

At 2230 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, the pirates asked the 2nd and 3rd Engineers to the Bridge to slow down the Main Engines. The 2nd Engineer then asked the 3rd Engineer to go down to the Engine Room to start one more generator. After the 3rd Engineer started another generator, the 3rd Engineer and the accompanying pirate returned to the Bridge. The 2nd Engineer then slow down the Main Engines to 170 rpm. After the speed was reduced, the 2nd Engineer was brought down to the mess room.

17.

At 2245 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, the pirates brought the 3rd Officer and duty Able Seaman to the Bridge to alternate course from 310 degrees to 280 degrees. About 5 minutes later, Chief Officer was brought to the Bridge.

18.

When the Chief Officer came to the Bridge, he noted that the 3rd Officer, duty Able Seaman and 3rd Engineer were seated. The Chief Officer then noted the “OCEAN ENERGY” may collide with a crossing vessel and requested the pirates to let him steered the vessel to avoid a collision. After permitted by the pirates, the Chief Officer steered the “OCEAN ENERGY” to 270 degrees course to avoid contact with the crossing vessel.

19.

At 2325 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, the pirates asked the Chief Officer to prepare for anchor. The Chief Officer then advised the pirates that the Master was required to be on the Bridge for anchoring.

20.

At 2330 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, the pirates brought the Chief Officer to forward for anchoring and the Master was brought to the Bridge to took control of the ship.

21.

At 2348 hours (local time) on the 02 May 2015, the pirates instructed the Chief Officer to prepare for cargo discharge.

22.

The Chief Officer, together with the 3rd Engineer, Bosun and 3rd Officer, prepared the cargo lines and cargo pump for cargo discharge.

23.

At 0004 hours (local time) on the 03 May 2015, the Chief Officer, who was in the Cargo Control Room, heard another vessel was coming alongside “OCEAN ENERGY” on the portside.

24.

At 0028 hours (local time) on the 03 May 2015, after opening the cargo lines with hose from the pirate vessel connected, the Chief Officer was instructed to start cargo discharge.

25.

At 0410 hours (local time) on the 03 May 2015, the pirates instructed the Chief Officer to stop the cargo pump. After tying up the hands of Chief Officer, he was brought back to the mess room to join the rest of the crew.

26.

At 0450 hours (local time) on the 03 May 2015, the pirates shifted all crew to the Saloon opposite the mess room. After all crew were gathered in the Saloon, the pirates locked the Saloon door from outside. The three port holes of the Saloon were covered with curtains from outside by the pirates.

27.

At 0515 hours (local time) on the 03 May 2015, one of the crew noted that there was no noise outside and decided to open the ventilation opening at the door below and crawled out from the Saloon. After freeing himself, he then opened the Saloon door to free the rest.

28.

After all were freed, the Master and the rest of the crew checked on the Bridge and their respective cabins. All antenna cables of navigation and communication equipment on the compass deck were cut. Some ship items were taken away. All cabins were ransacked; crew and ship cashes and valuable personal items were taken away by the pirates. The Master and Chief Officer had also activated the SSAS alarms.

29.

At 0530 hours (local time) on the 03 May 2015, the Master called office using the Ship mobile telephone informing of the piracy attack. office then instructed the Master to sail the ship back to Singapore.

30.

At 0605 hours (local time) on the 03 May 2015, when the Main Engines were ready, the Master instructed the Chief Officer to pick up the anchor.

31.

At 0612 hours (local time) on the 03 May 2015, after heaving up anchor, “OCEAN ENERGY” sailed back to Singapore

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