Both incidents involving the 47,000-dwt Garnet Express (built 2013) took place at the Belawan anchorage.

The first illegal boarding took place at the very end of July when three robbers boarded the ship while she was at anchor.

The crew spotted the robbers and the alarm was raised. Upon hearing the alarm, the robbers escaped immediately but stole tank cleaning equipment.

It has now emerged that the Marshall Islands flagged ship was also the target of robbers on 4 August just before 9am local time.

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