Pirates make botched bid to seize Kuwaiti oil tanker – Vessel crew foil attack in Gulf of Aden

[Sally]

It's a shame that all vessels like this don't have special crews to handle the pirates. No doubt many ship owners are hiring them these days just in case.


Pirates make botched bid to seize Kuwaiti oil tanker – Vessel crew foil attack in Gulf of Aden

KUWAIT: Crew and security personnel of a Kuwaiti oil tanker sailing through the Gulf of Aden have succeeded in foiling a bid by pirates to take over the gigantic vessel.

Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, told KUNA the botched attack was launched on the tanker at 20:50 on Sunday, while it was en route from the Kuwaiti Al-Ahmadi port to Horizon Terminal port in Djibouti. The crew members and personnel skillfully confronted the pirates and foiled their attack, according to standard security procedures.

A squad specialized to deal with such situations was aboard the vessel and took part in combating the pirates who approached it on four boats. An Indian naval force at the sea also took part in resisting the attackers.

The tanker, Burgan, which was loaded with 40,303 tons of aviation fuel, is owned by the KOTC. It is fully equipped to deal with such situations. It proceeded with the journey safely and no one was hurt.


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[TheOldSchool]

That's a pretty badass job to have. What do you do for a living? Oh I just fight off Pirates. No big deal.

 

[Mr. H.]

What exactly did they do to ward off the piwates?

 

[TheOldSchool]

What exactly did they do to ward off the piwates?

They expertly weilded their cutlasses and brandished their musketoons until they forced the pirates to walk the plank and damned them to an eternity in Davey Jones' locker!!! Yaaaaarghh!!!! And really bad eggs! Yo ho!

 

[Sunni Man]

It's a shame that all vessels like this don't have special crews to handle the pirates. No doubt many ship owners are hiring them these days just in case.


Pirates make botched bid to seize Kuwaiti oil tanker – Vessel crew foil attack in Gulf of Aden

KUWAIT: Crew and security personnel of a Kuwaiti oil tanker sailing through the Gulf of Aden have succeeded in foiling a bid by pirates to take over the gigantic vessel.

Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, told KUNA the botched attack was launched on the tanker at 20:50 on Sunday, while it was en route from the Kuwaiti Al-Ahmadi port to Horizon Terminal port in Djibouti. The crew members and personnel skillfully confronted the pirates and foiled their attack, according to standard security procedures.

A squad specialized to deal with such situations was aboard the vessel and took part in combating the pirates who approached it on four boats. An Indian naval force at the sea also took part in resisting the attackers.

The tanker, Burgan, which was loaded with 40,303 tons of aviation fuel, is owned by the KOTC. It is fully equipped to deal with such situations. It proceeded with the journey safely and no one was hurt.


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Do tell ....

 

[Sally]

It's a shame that all vessels like this don't have special crews to handle the pirates. No doubt many ship owners are hiring them these days just in case.


Pirates make botched bid to seize Kuwaiti oil tanker – Vessel crew foil attack in Gulf of Aden

KUWAIT: Crew and security personnel of a Kuwaiti oil tanker sailing through the Gulf of Aden have succeeded in foiling a bid by pirates to take over the gigantic vessel.

Sheikh Talal Al-Khaled Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, Chief Executive Officer of Kuwait Oil Tanker Company, told KUNA the botched attack was launched on the tanker at 20:50 on Sunday, while it was en route from the Kuwaiti Al-Ahmadi port to Horizon Terminal port in Djibouti. The crew members and personnel skillfully confronted the pirates and foiled their attack, according to standard security procedures.

A squad specialized to deal with such situations was aboard the vessel and took part in combating the pirates who approached it on four boats. An Indian naval force at the sea also took part in resisting the attackers.

The tanker, Burgan, which was loaded with 40,303 tons of aviation fuel, is owned by the KOTC. It is fully equipped to deal with such situations. It proceeded with the journey safely and no one was hurt.


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That's a good question. Maybe they had those big hoses that firemen have and just shot those pirates out of their boats with the force of the water. I am sure these crews are armed in case the pirates manage to get onboard a vessel.