piracy at sea

A total of three incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia in January 2019. Compared to January 2018, there was a 73% decrease in the number of incidents reported in January 2019 (a total of 11 incidents were reported in January 2018).

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All three incidents reported in January 2019 occurred on board ships anchored; one at Caofeidian anchorage and one at Jingtang anchorage in China; and one at Ciwandan anchorage in Indonesia. Of the three...

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ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) released its Annual (January to December 2018) Report. Highlights of the report, whose information is verified by the respective government agencies, also known as Focal Points, and regional authorities, include:

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Overall Summary

• There was a total of 76 incidents of piracy and armed robbery reported in Asia between January to December 2018, comprising 62 actual incidents and 14 attempted incidents
• This represents a decrease of 25%...

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A total of six incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia in October 2018. No piracy incident was reported, there was also no report of an abduction of crew in the Sulu-Celebes Seas and no hijacking of ships for theft of oil cargo. However, the abduction of crew for ransom in the Sulu-Celebes Seas and waters off Eastern Sabah remains a serious concern.

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ReCAAP ISC has issued a Warning on 30 Oct 18 alerting the shipping industry about...

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