High Risk Areas Piracy Incident Maps - April 2012
OCEANUSLive provides situational mapping of pirate activity throughout the month of April 2012.
Piracy and robbery at sea incidents throughout April 2012 shows a decrease in hijacks by Somali pirates as naval operations, greater implementationof BMP and use of armed security guards instils greater security presence. Three hijacks - one not confirmed - occurred in the Horn of Africa/Indian Ocean HRA, whilst the risk of more violent piracy off the coast of West Africa although generally increased, the amount of attacks were actually lower than in March. A similar result is seen in Southeast Asia.
April 2012 saw 28 incidents occur. One incident in South America is not shown. Details are:
17 Apr - Nedlloyd Marita; Liberia Container Ship - Guayaquil Inner Anchorage, Ecuador.
The situational maps for Horn of Africa, West Africa and South East Asia can be downloaded HERE.
Sources include: IMB Piracy Reporting Centre, IMO, NATO Shipping Centre, Somalia Report, ONI, EUNAVFOR and UKMTO.
OCEANUSLive accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of reports, however, every effort is made to provide details to the best of our knowledge.
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