16 LMM V I S I O N ISSUE 23 | Q4 2025 INCIDENT REPORT Vessel hijacking by pirates in Indian Ocean Incident Description While the subject vessel was transiting the Indian Ocean Southbound (at a distance of 550nm from Somali coast) on the way to Durban, in laden condition with full cargo of Gasoline onboard, the Master on the bridge sighted a fishing dhow approximately 10 n. miles directly ahead of the vessel and altered course to Port to give it a wide berth. A few minutes later, he also observed the presence of a small skiff close to the dhow, which started proceeding towards the vessel. Immediately he identified that this is behaviour indicative of a piracy attack and gave the command to alter course further to Port, leaving the dhow and the skiff behind the vessel, and increased speed to maximum. The skiff opened fire against the vessel, with bullets breaching vessel’s bridge windows and with RPG that breached
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