ReCAAP ISC has issued a special report to inform about latest incidents in which crew was abducted from tug boats in waters off East Sabah and South Philippines and to provide advice to the industry in order to avoid related incident in the future.
ReCAAP ISC reported three incidents of abducting of crew from tug boats in the waters off East Sabah and South Philippines within a period of three weeks (26 March 2016 – 15 April 2016). The incidents occurred on board tug boat Brahma 12 on 26 March 2016, tug boat Massive 6 on 1 April 2016 and tug boat Henry towing barge, Christi on 15 April 2016.
Following the spate of incidents involving the abducting of crew from tug boats in the waters of East Sabah and South Philippines, the shipping industry are advised to adopt the following measures:
The ReCAAP ISC encourages the port authorities, littoral States’ enforcement agencies to continuously beef up their surveillance, intensify patrols; and the shipping industry to exercise strict vigilance when operating in the areas of concern. Due to several information gaps that pending verification, the PCG is continuously coordinating with local intelligence units to monitor and gather information about the developments of the situation and the abducted crew.
Further details may be found by reading the report issued by ReCAAP ISC below:
Source : ReCAAP