Global risk and consultancy firm Control Risks has released an infographic exposing a decline 24% in maritime security incidents globally in 2016, compared with the same period in 2015.
This decrease has been driven by a massive 61% decline in cases in South-east Asia, where incidents of piracy and armed robbery have reached their lowest point since 2009.
Furthermore, very low levels of criminal activity continue across the Horn of Africa and a decline was also registered in South and Central America. This has contributed further to the decrease in overall maritime security incidents worldwide. 96% of all maritime security incidents globally were related to piracy and armed robbery, showing that this threat in particular continues to be a key concern in all regions except Europe, where there were no recorded incidents.
In European ports and waters, cases of maritime activism were the number one operational risk, contributing to 57% of all incidents globally.
Source: Control Risks
