The 301,963-dwt Armada Ali (ex: Osprey, built 1999) was conducting ship to ship transfer when three men with knives and metal rods boarded the vessel in the early hours of Monday morning.

However the robbers fled from the Marshall Islands-flagged ship empty handed when confronted by the crew, according to Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP).

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