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Pirates Stealing Cargo Again - 2 Ships Attacked Off Singapore Coast In June

Submitted by CalibratedConfidence on 06/13/2015 08:17 -0400

Orkim Sdn Bhd is a company designed to bring various marine related operations under one umbrella. Orkim is located in Kuala Lumpur, an area of high importance for your truly as I monitor the TI Europe ship from Euronav off the coast of Singapore.

Orkim manages a fleet of 11 ships according their website and of those 11, two are suspected of being hijacked in early June. One was a victim of siphoning (Orkim Victory) and the other has not been transmitting location communications (Orkim Harmony).

According to the incident report from ReCAAP (emphasis from Benzinga Pro):

"The perpetrators subsequently brought Orkim Victory to another location at approximately 15.2 nm southwest of Pulau Aur, Malaysia where a motor tanker with a white superstructure and a black hull (approximately 100 m in length and 2,000 GT) came alongside Orkim Victory; and siphoned off 770 metric tones of Automotive Diesel Oil (ADO). The siphoning took about seven hours and the suspected tanker was seen heading towards Pulau Matak, Anambas, Indonesia thereafter. The perpetrators left Orkim Victory at approximately 10.4 nm south-southwest of Pulau Aur, Malaysia after damaging all communication equipment, and robbing the crew’s personal belongings. With the master’s inputs, the MMEA deployed one helo, three ships and five boats to locate the suspected tanker. At the time of this report, we have yet to receive reports of the tanker being located."

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