ICC IMB reports increase in number of crew taken hostage or kidnapped in 2024

The just-released IMB annual Piracy and Armed Robbery Report recorded 116 incidents against ships in 2024, fractionally down from the 120 recorded in 2023, but higher than the 115 reported in 2022. IMB said that 94 vessels were boarded, that there were 13 attempted attacks, with six vessels being...

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