An Indian seafarer has spoken of the shock he and his colleagues felt during a violent pirate attack on a platform supply vessel (PSV) in Gabon.
The 4,345-dwt Tampen (built 2002) was boarded by four armed men on 5 September at the Owendo anchorage off Libreville.
Two crew members, chief officer Vikas Nauriyal and chief cook Sunil Ghosh, suffered gunshot wounds and a third, 31-year-old officer Pankaj Kumar, was reported missing.
