Tag: Asia

Five incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia, comprising one CAT 21 incident, one CAT 32 incident, two CAT 43 incidents and one attempted incident, were reported to the ReCAAP ISC, from 22 to 28 November.

A Partnership for Environment Management in the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) Regional Task Force meeting is taking place (23-25 November) in the Philippines. The goal of the meeting is to advance towards the establishment of a regional strategy to manage biofouling in the East Asian Seas.

The conclusion of a five-year initiative to protect the marine environment in South-East Asia from the negative effects of ships and shipping has been marked at a high-level meeting (25-27 October) in Viet Nam with the adoption of a MEPSEAS-Halong Statement by the participating countries.  

ReCAAP ISC informed that three incidents of armed robbery against ships (all CAT 41 incidents) in Asia were reported.

One CAT 4 1 incident of armed robbery against ships in Asia was reported to ReCAAP ISC.

Representatives from maritime and energy organizations convened in Sydney in October, in order to accelerate the development of a green corridor for transportation of iron ore between Australia and East Asia (the Australia-East Asia Iron Ore Green Corridor).

One CAT 41 incident of armed robbery against ships in Asia was reported to ReCAAP ISC.

ReCAAP ISC reported three incidents in Asia, one of which was a piracy incident and two were armed robbery against ships incidents.

ReCAAP ISC published its 3rd quarter piracy report, informing that the Asian region witnessed an increase in the number of incidents during the period January-September 2022 compared to January-September 2021, as 62 incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported during January-September 2022.

The Lloyd’s Register Maritime Decarbonisation Hub welcomes a new partner, PSA Corporation Ltd (PSA),  to ‘The Silk Alliance’, a cross supply-chain maritime partnership dedicated to the development of a fleet-specific fuel transition strategy for container ships operating in Singapore and the wider Asia region, based on the Hub’s First Movers Framework.