A Cido Shipping products tanker has been targeted by pirates in a rare case of maritime piracy in the Philippines.

The incident aboard the 47,100-dwt Atlantic Diana (built 2007) took place last month at the New Davao Bay Coconut Oil Mill (DBCOM) wharf in Lanang Davao City.

Details of the incidents come in the latest monthly report by the Singapore-based Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre.

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