Since the beginning of 2023, sea robbery in the Singapore Strait has increased at an alarming rate. The 113-kilometre long, 19-kilometre wide strait that connects the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea is one of the world’s busiest commercial waterways through which approximately 1,000 ships...
Piracy and ship robbery in Asian waters rose by 35% in the first six months this year compared to the same period last year.
According to available data from the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP), some 57 incidents took place during the January-June period this year, compared to 42 incidents in the same months last year.
Data from ReCAAP, a body of the first regional government-to-government agreement to promote and enhance...
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Sea robbery and piracy related incidents in the Singapore Strait rose to a seven-year high in 2022 but in contrast, the possibility of attacks by the Abu Sayyaf Group has declined considerably in the Sulu-Celebes Seas, prompting a moderation of threat assessment there, an international watchdog monitoring the trend said late Jan 17, reports SP Global.
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The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Security Center (ISC) has found three areas of concern in Asian water in 2021, including six-year higher incidents in Singapore Strait.
The body found violence of perpetrators in incidents at Manila Anchorage areas, the Philippines, and threat of abduction of crew in the Sulu-Celebes Seas as other top concerns.
Out of 82 robbery incidents in 2021 in the entire Asian water, 49 took...
The number of ship robberies in Asian waters fell by 24% this January-October compared to the same period in 2020.
From January to October this year, some 64 incidents took place while 84 incidents occurred in 2020, due to the decrease of incidents in all the locations, except the Singapore Straights.
According to Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP), in October 2021 alone, however, the number of incidents increased with nine actual...
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The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) has recorded a total of eight incidents of armed robbery against s ..
ReCAAP ISC released its 1st Quarter Report (Jan to Mar 2021) on the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia.
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