Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

As global trade continues to rely heavily on maritime routes, the security of these waterways remains a critical concern. The mid-2024 reports on maritime security from the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC) and the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia Information Sharing Centre (ReCAAP ISC) present a nuanced picture of global piracy trends. While the overall number of reported incidents has decreased, several concerning developments have emerged. The maritime security landscape in the first half of 2024 presents a complex ...

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

ICC’s International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is calling for sustained vigilance to protect seafarers amid increasing violence despite an overall drop in the number of incidents reported in IMB’s mid-year report for 2024, released today. Sixty incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were recorded in the first half of 2024, a decrease from 65 incidents for the same period in 2023. ICC Secretary General John W.H. Denton AO said: “While we are reassured to see a fall in the number of overall reported acts of piracy, the concerning rise ...

The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) today released its Half-Year Report (January – June 2024) on Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships (ARAS) in Asia. The key highlights of the report are: Overall Situation ▪ No incident of abduction of crew for ransom in Sulu-Celebes Seas for the fourth consecutive year since 2020. ▪ A total of 51 incidents, consisting of one piracy incident on the high seas and 50 incidents of Armed Robbery Against Ships (in internal, waters, territorial seas, and archipelagic waters under coastal States jurisdiction) in Asia ...

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

Armed pirates commandeered a Thai tanker off Malaysia’s east coast and pumped out its cargo of oil, a maritime watchdog said Friday, adding to a series of hijackings that has raised fears of a growing Southeast Asian piracy menace. The incident took place Thursday near the Malaysian resort island of Tioman in the South China Sea as the tanker was travelling from Singapore to Thailand, the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre said. The ship’s crew were locked in the engine room as the pirates siphoned off the tanker’s cargo ...

Warnings, advisories and piracy incidents in the Indian Ocean Area by the UKMTO in the past week.

A global resurgence Global piracy and armed robbery incidents increased by 4% in 2023 compared to 2022, according to the International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB PRC). While this does not appear to be a substantial overall change, a closer look at the figures do reveal some alarming trends. First and foremost, the resurgence of Somali pirate activity raises concern. The IMB PRC, in December 2023, reported the first successful hijacking of a vessel off the coast of Somalia since 2017. During the first three months of 2024, five ...

India will bring in and prosecute 35 Somali pirates its navy captured on a hijacked ship off Somalia, a navy official said, in a departure from its recent practice of rescuing vessels and crew but leaving the disarmed pirates at sea. The captured pirates are due to arrive in India on Saturday and will be handed over to the law enforcement agencies, the official said. He declined to be identified as he was not authorised to speak to the media. The exact charges against the pirates were not immediately clear, ...