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The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has raised concern on the continued acts of maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia from January to March 2024.  

Released on 11th January 2024, the annual Piracy and Armed Robbery Report of the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) raises concern over the first successful Somali based hijacking since 2017.

ICC IMB’s latest global quarterly piracy report details 99 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships  in the first nine months of 2023, an increase from 90 incidents for the same period in 2022.

Gard highlights that, on 29 September 2023, a vessel was boarded by thieves whilst at anchor in Callao, Peru. The perpetrators tied up the duty crew and shore watchmen on routine rounds and held them at knifepoint, before escaping with the ship’s stores, reports the IMB PRC.  

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has raised concern on the resurgence of reported incidents in the Gulf of Guinea waters and the increase in incidents in the Singapore Straits in its mid-year report for 2023.

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has released the first quarterly report on piracy in 2023, which has recorded the lowest level of reported global piracy and armed robbery incidents since 1993.

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) calls for efforts to be sustained worldwide as maritime piracy and armed robbery attacks reached their lowest recorded level in almost three decades.

ICC IMB’s latest global quarterly piracy report details 90 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in the first nine months of 2022, the lowest recorded figure in three decades.

The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) received the lowest number of reported incidents for the first half of any year since 1994.

Reporting by the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has indicated that a vessel has been boarded 55nm SSW of Cotonou.