As explained, the vessel was seized while docked in the port of Civitavecchia, on the coast of the Western Mediterranean a short way northwest of Rome.
Six incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia, between 11 – 17 July.
Of these, one was a CAT 3 incident and five were CAT 4 incidents. Of the six incidents, five incidents occurred on board ships while they were underway in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS), and one incident occurred at Tanjung Priok Anchorage, Indonesia.
A fire broke out on Friday at the Nohoch Alfa offshore platform in the Bay of Campeche, in the Gulf of Mexico, killing at least two individuals and leaving one missing.
According to Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), 328 workers were on the sight when the fire started. Two people died, at least six people were injured and the company has lost production capacity for about 700,000 barrels of oil, more than a third of its daily output.
According to Vietnamese officials, on 14th July, a Wan Hai containership made contact with a bulker. While neither vessel appears to have sustained significant damage in the allision, a portion of the cargo handling equipment at the dry bulk terminal collapsed.