Tanker NS Stream owned by Novoship JSC was attacked by pirates off the coast of Guinea on Saturday night, the shipping company reports.
According to captain NS Stream, the incident occurred when the vessel was 60 miles offshore the port of Conakry. A boat with heavily armed men approached the ship, the captain said, and attempted to board. NS Stream reversed to break away, as the pirates fired several shots at the vessel.
Tanker NS Stream was heading to the port of Conakry to unload 29 thousand 749 tons of petroleum products. Currently, the ship is at a safe distance from the Guinea coast waiting for further instructions of the shipowner. All of the crew are healthy, the ship was not damaged. All services have been informed about the incident.
In December 2007 Novoship OJSC became part of Sovcomflot Group. Now Sovcomflot and its affiliates own 96.83% of ordinary shares.
According to captain NS Stream, the incident occurred when the vessel was 60 miles offshore the port of Conakry. A boat with heavily armed men approached the ship, the captain said, and attempted to board. NS Stream reversed to break away, as the pirates fired several shots at the vessel.
Tanker NS Stream was heading to the port of Conakry to unload 29 thousand 749 tons of petroleum products. Currently, the ship is at a safe distance from the Guinea coast waiting for further instructions of the shipowner. All of the crew are healthy, the ship was not damaged. All services have been informed about the incident.
In December 2007 Novoship OJSC became part of Sovcomflot Group. Now Sovcomflot and its affiliates own 96.83% of ordinary shares.