The vessel was fired at by small arms and RPG.

Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a press-release on Jan 9 13

shipping had to fight both against piracy threat and against the international officialdom, lead by the UN

I’ve received a letter from a deck officer, who’s working on offshore vessels in Nigerian waters on a constant basis.

Maritime Bulletin received a report on AHTS Asso Ventuno attack, which was circulated among

three Italians (including 37 years old captain) and one Ukrainian

there are quite a number of discrepancies in stories told by media

Finally the name of the vessel, intentionally unreported by IMB, came out

on Dec 17, some 40 miles off

At least two pirates attacks took place on Dec 15 12 in Gulf of Oman