An offshore support vessel was boarded by armed pirates in the Gulf of Mexico and crew and staff took shelter to avoid kidnapping.

The pirates, frustrated, looted the ship and took many autonomous breath devices, communications’ equipment and other valuable items. Luckily, nobody was injured.

Whilst, financially, not a particularly serious event and the maximum delay being probably less than a week, even a few days’ loss will be a frustrating thought, when considering that :