Name MV Guanabara Identification IMO number 9384992 Displacement DWT 106,045 Length 230 m Draft 10 m | Port of registry Bahamas Class and type crude oil tanker Launched 2007 Tonnage 52.13 million kg | |
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Builder Tsuneishi Corp. - Tadotsu | ||
MV Guanabara is an oil tanker attacked by 4 pirates on 5 March 2011.
The tanker was attacked by 4 armed Somali pirates, 3 PM 5 March, 2011. The crew of 24 hid in a safe room, and summoned help from the USS Bulkeley and the Turkish TCG Giresun. The pirates were captured without a fight. Three of the pirates were indicted in Japan, the fourth was turned over to juvenile authorities, as it was determined that he was a minor.
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