Asian piracy at a low of ten years

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2018-07-18 19:06:06

The ReCAAP Information Sharing Center released its report from January to June 2018, noting a minimum of 10 years in hacking and armed robbery in Asia and a 15% drop from the previous year. same period in 2017.

reported, with 11 of them being attempted cases. There have been no cases of crew pickup or oil cargo theft, despite attempts, and there has been a decrease in the number of incidents in ports and in anchorages in the Philippines. In addition, there have been successful arrests and cases of recovery of stolen property.

Some areas have seen an increase in disturbing activities: In the Singapore Strait, the number of incidents has gone from two in 2017 to four in 2018. At ports and anchorages In Vietnam, the number of incidents is incidents went from zero to two

The number of incidents occurring in 2017 was up 16% from 2015.

The report analysis includes a historical summary of incidents in the Strait from Malacca and Singapore. Of the 122 incidents analyzed in the last 11 years, 111 incidents (91%) occurred in the Straits of Singapore and 11 incidents (9%) occurred in the Strait of Malacca.

The majority of perpetrators operated in groups of four to six men (40%). 64% of the authors were not armed (or not), while 30% were armed with knives or machetes. In 83% of the incidents, the crew was not injured.

In the Singapore Strait, more incidents occurred in the western sector than in the eastern sector of the Strait of Singapore (85 in the west sector, 26 in the east sector). Bulkers and tankers were mostly on the East Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the west sector. Of the tugs / supply vessels embarked in both sectors, relatively more incidents occurred in the western TSS lane in the west sector.

There appeared to be a correlation between the armed perpetrators and the treatment of the crew in the eastern TSS route in the west sector; that is, the more heavily armed the perpetrators, the more violent they were towards the crew.

There appeared to be a correlation between the type of vessel and the type of loss:

• Engine spares were the most common stolen bulk carriers and tankers in the western TSS eastbound lane

• Species / assets were generally the items most often stolen from tugs / supply vessels in the eastern TSS lane in the west sector (northwest of Pulau Batam)

• Scrap was generally The object most often stolen from barges towed by tugs in the westbound lane of the TSS in the west sector.