Safe and Sound

On March 25, in the Republic of Congo a Denmark-based oil trading company communicated that pirates took control of their Monjasa Reformer oil tanker. The 16 crew members sheltered in the “secure room” as 5 pirates boarded the vessel. The ship has lost contact for the past 5 days. A "missing ship notice” was issued for passing boats to report to us if they encounter it.

In June, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution strongly condemning acts of piracy, armed robbery and hostage-taking in the region. I guess the pirates didn’t read that resolution. They have not yet been found as of March 30.

The good news is we have just made it out of the area from Senegal and Angola, where all the attacks have been in recent years (in 2022, there were 20 attacks, 52 in 2021 and 115 in 2020).

Thx for the heads-up Marianne!Read more