A total of 11 incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia in January 2020, ReCAAP ISC said in its monthly report. The number of actual incidents is the same with December 2019. The two alarming issues concern the recurrence of four incidents in the Singapore Strait and one crew abduction off Malaysia in January 2020.
The ReCAAP ISC is concerned about the continued occurrence of incidents on board ships while underway in the Singapore Strait.
In January 2020, four incidents were...
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