One Injured in Robbery Aboard Heavy Load Carrier Off Batam

Indonesian maritime security agency Baklama has reported another daring robbery at sea off the Riau Islands, adding to a string of crimes targeting merchant ships' engine room spares.

In the early hours of June 25, the Korean heavy load carrier Dongbang Giant No. 6 made a distress call at an anchorage off the Kabil district of Batam, south of  the Singapore Strait. At 0330 local time, the crew reported that two unidentified vessels approached the ship, and two or three suspected robbers...