be rampant! Singapore Strait, three more pirates in 6 hours!

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the frequent piracy incidents of ships sailing in the eastbound channel of the Singapore Strait prompted the regional monitoring center ReCAAP to issue a second accident warning and call for action within a week. In about six hours, three more incidents have been reported, with a total of 31 in the region so far this year.

 

As with the three incidents reported by ReCAAP last week, the three robberies on November 8 and 9 were all lower level robberies and there was no conflict between the perpetrators and the crew. However, ReCAAP ISC "is concerned about the continuing piracy in the Singapore Strait. Since the perpetrators of all these incidents have not been arrested, there is a potential for more accidents in the Singapore Strait. "

 

The latest attack began on the night of November 8, when the crew of the tanker Zeno witnessed three pirates in the cabin as they sailed across the Strait. Search to confirm that the boarding person has left the ship. The fleet reported that a number of equipment, including portable respirators and portable sprayers, had been stolen.

 

About five hours later, while the bulk carrier "Lefkada" was also on the voyage, two pirates were found in the vicinity of a cabin storage compartment. One life buoy was stolen and one equipment storage compartment was opened.

 

Forty minutes later, another illegal boarder on the bulk carrier "Atlantic Diana" sailing in the Singapore Strait was found by the crew and fled.

 

"Since January 2020, there have been 31 incidents of armed robbery against vessels in the Singapore Strait, of which 27 occurred in the eastbound lane of the traffic separation scheme," said Masafumi Kuroki, executive director of ReCAAP information sharing center In addition to requiring the shipping industry to maintain a high degree of vigilance, the relevant coastal countries are also urged to take law enforcement actions to arrest pirates, otherwise a series of accidents are likely to continue. Failure to arrest will make the criminals more daring and escalate the crime. "

 

The ReCAAP ISC issued five alerts and a total of 31 events throughout 2019. Last year's accidents were more evenly distributed in the two waterways, 17 in the westbound channel and 14 in the eastbound channel. This year, ReCAAP received only one accident report from the westbound channel, while most of the other accident reports focused on the eastbound channel.

 

In addition to advising ships to strengthen their prevention and surveillance in the area, the organization also called on governments to strengthen law enforcement, patrol and information sharing to arrest the perpetrators.