Thai oil tanker arrives in Songkhla after being robbed of diesel in Malaysian waters
By The Nation

 

 

SONGKHLA: -- A Thai oil tanker attacked by pirates on Friday arrived in the southern Songkhla province on Sunday after 1.5 million litres of diesel fuel was stolen, officials said.

 

The ship was loaded with 3.8 million litres of diesel when it was reportedly attacked by six armed men near Malaysia’s Kuantan municipality while heading from Singapore to Songkhla. 

 

The men, who spoke Bahasa, were equipped with guns and knives and entered the vessel, capturing the captain and crew members as well as destroying communications equipment before pumping 1.5 million litres of fuel into their ship and fleeing. 

 

The captain and crew were safe and Thai authorities had been informed about the incident on Saturday night, hours before the tanker arrived in Songkhla, according to officials. 

 

C&P Group, owner and manager of the vessel, is investigating the incident in cooperation with six agencies.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30319078

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-06-26

1.5 Million litres. Stolen by 6 men. Communications damaged after the vessel was boarded. 

The time it must have took to pump that amount. Something smells if you ask me. 

more like the captain and crew were well compensated for their donation to the "pirates", a very easy way to make some extra money with no way to really check the story

4 hours ago, webfact said:

 

The men, who spoke Bahasa, were equipped with guns and knives and entered the vessel, capturing the captain and crew members as well as destroying communications equipment before pumping 1.5 million litres of fuel into their ship and fleeing. 

That must have taken a while. 

I seem to remember a very similar story/incident from a few years back. 

Gutsy effort by the pirates,  wonder why the ships owners didn't do anything when the ship showed up stopped on AIS tracking system?

More on this story to come. 

GPS  not equipped on these ships  so when they stop for this kind of thing, alarms may go off

somewhere , don't the shipping industry make enough profits to have some kind of system to

help against pirates these days?   It does sound a lot suspicious to me as well.

Geezer

3 hours ago, seajae said:

more like the captain and crew were well compensated for their donation to the "pirates", a very easy way to make some extra money with no way to really check the story

BINGO!!!

you HAVE lived here a while, haven't you? 

2 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

GPS  not equipped on these ships  so when they stop for this kind of thing, alarms may go off

somewhere , don't the shipping industry make enough profits to have some kind of system to

help against pirates these days?   It does sound a lot suspicious to me as well.

Geezer

Actually shipping in general is down the tubes right now. 

In such stories, one can never know who is speaking true, who is corrupt and so on....

 

Most supertankers on routes off Somalian waters have groups of armed guards on board, than plainly open fire when attacked on international waters....seems like the best alternative!

Thats why we need Submarines .............

6 hours ago, ThatFarangJack said:

1.5 Million litres. Stolen by 6 men. Communications damaged after the vessel was boarded. 

The time it must have took to pump that amount. Something smells if you ask me. 

ya think???     you think that's fishy, wait until you see how fast this news drops off the radar never to be heard about again...

Removed two troll posts.