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ReCAAP issues Annual Report on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia

January - December 2014 ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre has issued its annual report (January - December 2013) on piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia. According to the report, there is an overall improvement of the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia. Although the number of incidents has increased, the bulk of them were pettytheft.Notably, compared to 2012, there has been a remarkable reduction in the number ofCategory 1 (very significant) incidents and Category 2 (moderately significant) incidents,while Category 3 (less significant) incidents has remained fairly consistent. The petty theft(73) and Category 3 (36) incidents comprised 77% of the incidents reported in 2013. The other23% comprised the Category 1 (2) and Category 2 (30) incidents, which was lowest based ona year-on-year comparison. The two Category 1 incidents involved the hijacking of producttankers for illegal siphoning of marine gas oil (MGO)/crude oil they carried onboard.In 2013, a total of 150 incidents comprising 141 actual incidents and nine attempted incidentswere reported to the ReCAAP ISC after verification by the ReCAAP Focal Points. Amongstthese incidents, 11 were piracy incidents and 139 were incidents of armed robbery againstships which occurred mostly at ports and anchorages. Compared to 2012, the ...

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