ReCAAP Piracy & Robbery At Sea Report - February 2013
Source: ReCAAP
A total of 12 incidents, comprising 11 actual incidents and one attempted incident, were reported in Asia in February 2013.
Of the 11 actual incidents, one was an incident of piracy occurred in the South China Sea and 10 were robberies onboard vessels. The incidents reported in February 2013 were also relatively less severe compared to incidents reported during the same period in the past four years (February of 2009-2012). Notably, there has been improvement in most locations in Asia. The greatest improvement occurred in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore.
There has been improvements in the situation of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia in February 2013 compared to February 2011 and 2012. However, the total numbers are still higher than February 2009 and 2010. In terms of significance level, incidents reported in February 2013 were relatively less severe compared to incidents reported during the same period in the past four years (February of 2009-2012). Although the total number of incidents reported in February 2009 and February 2010 were lower, more severe incidents were reported during these periods, including Category 1 incidents which involved the kidnapping of crew from tug boat, MLC Nancy 5 on 19 Feb 09, and hijacking of tug boat Asta and kidnapping of her chief engineer on 6 Feb 10.
Although February 2013 has no report of Category 1 incident, more should be done at ports and anchorages as 11 out of the 12 incidents reported in February 2013 occurred when vessels were anchored or berthed.
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