正在海上值勤運貨的貨輪。(非當事船隻,湯森路透)
《半島電視台》(aljazeera)報導,土耳其海運中心日前通報,一艘名為「莫札特號」(M/V Mozart)的貨輪,在西非外海遇襲,造成船上15名土耳其籍船員遭到綁架扣押、衝擊過程中一人不幸罹難死亡,也是唯一非土耳其公民的船員。
#BREAKING
— EHA News (@eha_news) January 23, 2021
The Liberian flagged #Turkish container ship M/V Mozart was attacked by pirates 100 nautical miles (185 km) off the coast of Sao Tome.
▪️15 sailors were abducted while 1 engineer was killed by the pirates. pic.twitter.com/oJqB9QlXmO
Nijerya açıklarında Gine korfezinde
— Ecevit (@ecevitdevran) January 23, 2021
Geminin ismi:M/V MOZART MANROVIA
İMO NUMARASI : 9337274
Gemi korsanlar tarafından kaçırıldı gemide 2. Mühendis olan Farman İsmayilov'u öldürmüşler.Yağcı ve 4.kaptan olan Furkan yaren gemideler güvenli bi limana çekebilmek için gemiyi.#Nijerya pic.twitter.com/KAsqr2LM3f
官方表示,根據資料確認、罹難的船員名叫法爾馬(Farman Ismayilov),來自亞塞拜然、是一名工程師。
經過確認,該艘貨輪目前停靠在加彭(Gabon)第二大城尚蒂爾港(Port-Gentil),被發現時船上有3名船員被留下,提到貨輪在幾內亞灣(Gulf of Guinea)遭遇海盜襲擊,雖然船員們即刻將船隻反鎖,但經過約6小時對峙後依然擋不住海盜破壞,導致多數船員被擄走。
聽聞綁架案,土耳其總統埃爾多安(Recep Tayyip Erdogan)兩度與船上資深船員雅仁(Furkan Yaren)聯繫,確認他們的狀況和事件經過,似乎是因為腿部受傷才被留在船上。總統隨即下令、要求土國政府計畫營救被綁架的船員。
As high as 339 pirate attacks were recorded in the Gulf of Guinea in 2020, out of which 63 per cent; nearly 214 were witnessed on Nigeria’s territorial waters, according to the Chief of the Naval Staff of Nigeria, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ekwe-Ibas.@nimasaofficial @NigeriaGov pic.twitter.com/NSN3Q9B7MO
— Sea and Coast (@seaandcoast1) January 20, 2021
外電指出,這艘掛著賴比瑞亞國旗的貨輪,從奈及利亞大港拉哥斯(Lagos)出發,準備向南非開普敦(Cape Town)前進,在距離聖多美普林西比(Sao Tome and Principe)約185公里處遇上海盜。
根據國際海事局(International Maritime Bureau)統計,西非幾內亞灣一帶,包含奈及利亞、幾內亞、多哥、貝寧和喀麥隆沿海,是當前全球海盜最猖獗且危險的海域。