ReCAAP Information Sharing Center has issued its Monthly Report for November 2015 on Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia. The report reveals an improvement in the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia for a consecutive three-month period since September 2015.
The following graph shows the number of incidents reported monthly from November 2014 to November 2015. Compared to October 2015, there has been a 53% decrease in number of incidents reported in November 2015. A total of seven incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in November 2015 compared to 15 incidents in October 2015. Of the seven incidents reported in November 2015, six were actual incidents and one was an attempted incident. No piracy incident was reported.
Since January 2015 till November 2015, a total of 183 incidents comprising 170 actual and 13 attempted incidents had been reported. This is 98% of the total number of incidents reported in 2014. Graph below shows the annual number of incidents reported in 2011-2014, and during period of January-November 2015
ReCAAP has recenlty published a ‘Guide for tankers operating in Asia against piracy and armed robbery involving oil cargo theft’. Click here for more details.
The report concludes that the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia had improved in November 2015, with a 53% decrease in total number of incidents compared to October 2015. Coupled with the decrease was also a reduction in the severity level of incidents. No incident involving hijacking of tankers for theft of oil cargo had been reported in November 2015 for a consecutive period of three months since September 2015. Notably, for the first time in 2015, there was no report of incident reported on board ship while underway in the eastbound lane of the TSS of SOMS in November 2015. However, more need to be done at certain ports and anchorages where the port authorities and enforcement agencies need to enhance their surveillance; and ship masters and crew to maintain stringent watch-keeping while their ships were anchored there. Whilst the numbers had declined, consolidated efforts to address regional situation with regional stakeholders are underway
Further details may be found be reading the report for November 2015 issued by ReCAAP ISC
Source: ReCAAP ISC
