1 January 2015 – 31 January 2015
ReCAAP issued report for 1 January 2015 – 31 January 2015on Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia.
A total of 10 incidents of robbery onboard ships were reported in Asia in January 2015. No piracy incidents were reported. There has been a continuous decrease in the number of incidents reported in the past three consecutive months, from 21 incidents in October 2014 to 10 in January 2015. Refer to Graph 1 on the number of incidents reported every month between January 2014 and January 2015.
The number of incidents reported in January 2015 has increased compared to the past two years (January of 2013-2014). Refer to Graph 2 on the number of incidents reported in January of 2011-2015.
Of the 10 incidents reported in January 2015, two were Category 1 (very signifi cant) incidents, three were Category 2 (moderately significant) incidents, one was a Category 3 (less significant) incident and four were petty theft (minimum significant) incidents. In comparison, the incidents reported in January 2015 were relatively more severe because of two Category 1 incidents reported in January 2015 while there was no Category 1 incident throughout the past four years of January (2011- 2014). Also except for January 2013, the number of Category 2 incidents was fairly consistent among the fi ve year reporting period.
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