the ghost that terrorizing the gulf...leaving pirates running for cover and mercy
photo taken circa April 2012 en route to r.v point
photo taken circa April 2012 en route to r.v point
while i was onboard MT Bunga Melati Satu..i got the chance of operating with the well known ghost ship in the Gulf Of Aden region...first is the Bunga Mas 5..or BM5...and also the other ghost..the BM6
it seems that somebody from the higher ups do heard our ideas eh..
this lead to the inability of the escort vessel to cover all the Malaysian flagged merchantmen movement from east to west...and as a result most of the transfer are conducted without the presence of BM5...but carried out in a safe and secured area
having BM6 along for the operation had loosen the stress a bit for the BM5...and at the same time having two ship at the same time greatly enhanced escort operations in the region.
the logic behind the two ship tango is that...the other can cover one area and the other can cover the next...which area...well generally the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden area and the Arabian Sea to Sri Lanka area...where merchant traffic are high so as the presence of those skinny pirates...
way ahead and way faster than my own tanker...
another logic of having two ship tango is...the availability to have one the other ship to continue the operation while the other went back home for schedule maintenance and repairs....rather than having one ship then you will have no ship for escort et all....
so there you have it..the reason why there are two ghost now...and now the two will continue to keep our merchantmen safe from any threats....
and with that bombshell...a thousand appreciation to both BM5 and BM6 officers and engineers...crews..SPG team..air crews amd pilots....thank you for the assistance and thank you for the escort
until then...god speed fair winds and following seas...
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