Machete wielding robbers have attacked an AM Nomikos ultramax bulker off Singapore stealing almost $7,000 in the process.

The 60,984-dwt TN Sunrise (built 2015) was around 11 nautical miles east of Pulau Merapas, near Indonesia’s Bintan Island, when it was boarded.

The five perpetrators, whose faces were covered with balaclavas, boarded the vessel via port quarter from a small boat while it was underway.