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ReCAAP ICS issues Piracy and Armed Robbery Report for October

Quarter-to-quarter comparison In light of the prevailing development of the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia, the ReCAAP ISC produces a summary of the latest figures of the situation for the period of January - September 2014 to be highlighted prior to the publication of the ReCAAP ISC Third Quarterly Report.There has been significant change of the trend in terms of the numberof incidents within the nine-month period from January to September2014.For the first six months of 2014, there has been a significant increase inthe number of incidents compared to the same period of last year. TheReCAAP ISC witnesses a surge in the number of incidents from 61reported during January - June 2013 to 90 during the same period in2014. However, after July 2014, there has been a significant reductionin the number of incidents within the three-month period from July toSeptember in 2014.On a quarter-to-quarter comparison, there was a33% decrease in the number of incidents ofpiracy and armed robbery against shipsreported during the period of July - September2014 compared to the period of April - June2014. A total of 39 incidents were reportedduring July - September 2014 compared to 58incidents during April - June 2014.However, the ...

ReCAAP ISC has issued Incident Update regarding an incident involving the Oil Product Tanker, Sunrise 689

The U.S. will become the 20th nation to join the ReCAAP

RecAAP issues Report for August 2014 reporting period 1 August 2014 - 31 August 2014

LISCR issues Marine Security Advisory The Republic of the Liberia has issued Marine Security Advisory regarding enhanced security measures for vessels transiting the Singapore Straits, Malacca Straits, the water of Mangkai and the Anambas Islands in the South China Sea and operating in the coastal waters of Malaysia and Indonesia.ReCAAP ISC has reported that an alarming number of significant incidents in Southeast Asian waters have taken place over the past year. Theseincidents involve siphoning of marine gas oil/marine diesel oil, robbery of scrap metal and pettytheft. In these incidents, the pirates/robbers appeared to be well organized and have good knowledgeof the victim ship.The Advisory provides the Administration's recommended procedures to further enhance thesecurity and deter piracy and armed robbery for vessels transiting these areas.Vessels transiting or operating in the affected areas should implement measures in accordancewith the ship's security plan equivalent to Security Level 2.Given that the masters are often required to follow multiple reporting procedures in these difficultcircumstances, it is necessary to simplify these procedures as far as operationally feasible. It is therefore recommended that in the event of an occurrence masters should report all actual orattempted attacks of piracy and armed robbery or threats thereof, to:(i) ReCAAP ISC ...

ReCAAP ISC has issued incident alert 04/2014 regarding the boarding of oil product tanker, V.L. 14 by armed pirates

ReCAAP new mobile app launched

ReCAAP issued report for 1 July 2014 - 31 July 2014 on Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia

ReCAAP ISC has created a Mobile Application (App in short), making the prevailing use of mobile smartphones by many