The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency has stated that the recent piracy incident that took place in the Gulf of Guinea on May 30, 2025, occurred at coordinates 2°37’35”N, 6°46’47”E, approximately 75 nautical miles northwest of Santo Antonio Port, São Tomé and Príncipe, approximately 420 nautical miles away from southeast, Nigeria.

NIMASA announced this in a statement on Tuesday, signed by its Head of Public Relations, Osagie Edwards.

The statement explained that at approximately 1614 UTC, the C4i Operational Centre of NIMASA received a distress alert via the Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade Gulf of Guinea (MDAT-GoG), reporting a suspected pirate attack on a commercial vessel.

“Preliminary investigations have confirmed the affected vessel to be the MV ORAGE FROST, a general cargo ship bearing IMO Number 9797656, and flying the flag of Curaçao. The incident occurred at coordinates 2°37’35”N, 6°46’47”E, approximately 75 nautical miles northwest of Santo Antonio Port, São Tomé and Príncipe, approximately 420 nautical miles away from southeast Nigeria,” the statement read in part.

According to the statement, as at the time of the incident, MV ORAGE FROST had recently completed loading operations in Douala, Cameroon, “and was en route to Matadi, Congo, having regularly operated between ports in Cameroon, Togo, Ghana, and Benin.”

The statement added that NIMASA is actively coordinating with the Nigerian Navy and other regional maritime security agencies to ensure the safety of the vessel’s crew and to support ongoing investigations into the incident.

“We remain committed to regional maritime security cooperation to enhance safety and deter criminal activity in Nigerian waters and indeed the Gulf of Guinea, leveraging on the Deep Blue Project,” the statement concluded.