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Interpol Warns Armed Robberies of Vaccine Shipments

  • Shipping companies are using kill switches, panic buttons, plainclothes guards, and tons of monitoring to ensure delivery.
  • In the coming months, billions of doses of coronavirus vaccines will be dispatched via truck, plane, ship, and rail to hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies around the world.
  • With that cargo worth tens of billions of dollars—and some individual shipments valued as high as $70 million—one thing is certain: Crooks will try to steal some of it.
  • Interpol in December issued an...

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Seventh incident against ship in Singapore Strait for 2020

In its weekly report for 11-18 February, ReCAAP ISC informed of two incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia: one at an Indian anchorage and another one off Indonesia, in the Singapore Strait. The latter is the seventh incident reported in the region this year. There was also an incident outside Asia, on the Arabian Sea.

The CAT 3 incident occurred at Kakinada anchorage, India; and the CAT 4 incident occurred while underway off Karimun Besar Island, Indonesia in the eastbound lane of the...

https://safety4sea.com/seventh-incident-against-ship-in-singapore-strait-for-2020/

11 armed robberies against ships in Asia in January

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...

https://safety4sea.com/11-armed-robberies-against-ships-in-asia-in-january/

ReCAAP ISC: Three armed robberies against ships in Asia

In its weekly report for 15-21 October, the ReCAAP ISC informed of three actual incidents of armed robbery against ship in Asia. One was a CAT 3 incident in Indonesia and two were CAT 4 incidents, one in Malaysia and one in the Singapore Strait.

The first incident involved the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier ‘Tomini Dynasty’ on 23 August. While anchored at Belawan Anchorage, Indonesia, the duty crew noticed a small boat near the anchor chain and told the boat to move away as they were...

https://safety4sea.com/recaap-isc-three-armed-robberies-against-ships-in-asia/