Incident
Suspicious Sighting
DTG
19 Dec 2019
Position
03°’N, 003°53’E
Ship Dimension
N/A
Ship Cargo
N/A
Location
104nm SE Agbami Terminal
Source Confidence Level
High
What Exactly Happened
Incident Overview
A single source, has reported the sighting of a potential mother-ship vessel at location 03N – 003 53E. Vessel sighted with speedboat in tow 100nm SE Agbami Oil Terminal. Speed and track unknown.
Our Experts Say
Dryad Analysis
This latest sighting is 60nm NW from a Kidnapping incident that occurred on the 03 Feb 19 and 53nm east from another kidnapping incident on the 15 Jul 19. The sighting also sits 100nm west of the main concentration of MARSEC incidents within the Nigerian EEZ within 2019. As yet the vessel is unconfirmed as a mother-ship vessel, however the towing of a speedboat is a significant sign of potential involvement in hostile behavior and as such all vessels in this location should proceed with extreme caution.
