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Armed pirates on a skiff.
The Maltese-flagged chemical tanker Sea Ranger was the second in a week to be on the unwanted receiving end of attention from pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, while five crew have been kidnapped off a Cameroonian-flagged vessel.
The 127 metre long Sea Ranger was boarded some 160 nautical miles south-west of Brass, Nigeria, with Dryad Global reporting the incident is “concluded” and both vessel and crew safe.
The boarding is the second this week in the Gulf of Guinea and the third time Sea Ranger was boarded this month (December).
“There have been a surge of incidents in the past five weeks, resulting in an increased risk rating for the Gulf of Guinea to critical on 11 November.