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ReCAAP issues its monthly report for January 2013

ere has been a marked improvement in the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre has issued its Annual Report for January - December 2012. There has been a marked improvement in the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia in 2012.A total of 132 incidents (123 actual and nine attempted incidents) were reported in 2012 compared to 157 incidents (135 actual and 22 attempted) reported in 2011, and 167 incidents (134 actual and 33 attempted) in 2010.Compared to 2011, this is a 16% decrease in the total number of incidents reported in 2012, the largest year-on-year decrease during the five year reporting period of 2008-2012.The decrease was more apparent at the ports and anchorages in Bangladesh and Vietnam, in the South China Sea and the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. While statistics shows a consecutive downward trend commencing from 2010, the total number of incidents reported in 2012 was still higher than 2008 and 2009, hence there is no room for complacency.Of the 132 incidents reported in 2012, seven were incidents of piracy occurred in the South China Sea, and 125 were armed robberies against ships.Overall, there is a decrease ...

UN Report on piracy and armed robbery at sea off the coast of Somalia

For the period January - March 2012 The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre issued its Quarterly Report for the period January - March 2012.It notes that there has been a decrease in the number of reported incidents in this quarter as compared with the same quarter in 2011.While the incidents involving ships underway has decreased, there has been an increase in the number of incidents involving ships at anchor or in port.For more information, click here.Source: ReCAAP

Piracy is a crime As an employer, the shipowner, shipoperator or manager has an obligation to offer a safe and secure working environment. A ship trading internationally however has an added challenge. The Master is the representative of the employer and must ascertain that the ship is safe and secure, and he is largely dependent on individual states and the territory through which the ship passes or the international community in respect of trading on the high seas, in order find protection against piracy. Any BIMCO view or action described in the following position serves the primary purpose of protecting the crew, ship and cargo, in that order of rank, against such criminal activity. The freedom of navigation on the high seas is enshrined in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), leaving contracting governments with an obligation to cooperate to the fullest possible extent in the repression of piracy on the high seas. Despite the deployment of naval assets to affected areas by contracting and other states, the current anti-piracy resources continue to be inadequate in deterring and defeating piracy.Arrest and Prosecution: Piracy is a crime, and in accordance with UNCLOS and the Convention for the ...

Ten robbers stole some coils of rope before escaping The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre issues incident alert regarding robbers board anchored tanker.While anchored at night on October 22 eleven miles off Kochi, India, a crude oil tanker was boarded by ten robbers, who stole some coils of rope before escaping.For more information, click hereSource: ReCAAP

Resolution A.1025(26) Normal 0 false false false EL X-NONE X-NONE Please find here below the following useful information IMO Code of Practice for the Investigation of Crimes of Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships Normal 0 false false false EL X-NONE X-NONE

Resolution A.1026(26) Normal 0 false false false EL X-NONE X-NONE Please find here below the following useful information Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Waters off the Coast of Somalia

Circular MSC.4/Circ.173 The IMO has this week issued a Circular MSC.4/Circ.173 detailing acts of piracy and armed robbery against ships reported committed during June 2011.The Circular may be accessed here.Source : IMO Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4

A total of 13 incidents of piracy and armed robbery reported Normal 0 false false false EL X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre issued its Report for April 2011. During the month, a total of 13 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia.Of these, eleven were actual incidents and two were attempted incidents. This was a decrease from the total number of incidents reported in April 2010 (16),but an increase from the number reported in April 2009 (8).To view the Report, press hereSource: ReCAAP