webfact Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatFarangJack Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seajae Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I seem to remember a very similar story/incident from a few years back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonywillo Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stargeezr Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenifer d Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dark Lord Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer90210 Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBsinter Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Thats why we need Submarines ............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenifer d Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Removed two troll posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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