NAUTI TICAL F L FORUM UM Situation Of Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia in 2019 ReCA eCAAP I AP Information S Sharing Ce g Centr tre 15 5 Jan anuary 2 202 020 Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
2 Scope I. Situation update (2019) II. Update by Location III. Abduction of Crew in Sulu-Celebes Seas Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
3 I. Situation update (2019) 1. Number of Incidents Since 2016, significant decrease of incidents The lowest number of incidents in 2018 82 incidents (71 actual and 11 attempted) in 2019: second lowest since 2007 8% (6 incidents) increase in total incidents and 15% (9 incidents) increase in actual incidents, compared to 2018 Number of incidents (2007-2019) 250 203 187 200 167 157 190 150 171 150 133 141 134 135 102 102 100 96 124 100 87 82 76 90 82 83 78 77 71 62 50 33 23 22 20 16 13 11 9 9 14 13 9 12 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total Actual Attempted Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
4 I. Situation update (2019) 2. Severity of Incidents 71 actual incidents in 2019 2 x CAT 1, 6 x CAT 2, 14 x CAT 3 and 49 x CAT 4: not worsened compared to 2018 CAT 1: 2 actual incidents of abduction of crew (same as in 2018) The lowest number of CAT 2 Majority (69%) are CAT 4 incidents (perpetrators not armed, crew not harmed) Significance level of incidents (2007-2019) 120 112 100 82 74 80 61 59 60 49 49 47 45 42 42 41 41 40 38 33 38 34 40 33 32 32 30 30 30 28 26 25 24 23 18 15 15 14 14 14 20 13 12 10 9 8 8 8 6 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 CAT 1 CAT 2 CAT 3 CAT 4 Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
5 I. Situation update (2019) 3. Location of Incidents in 2019 1. Improvement (mainly at ports/anchorages) Straits of Malacca Bangladesh and Singapore ( 31 ) 2019: 0 Indonesia ( 23 ) 2018: 11 (9 actual, 2 attempted) Malaysia ( 8 ) Indonesia Philippines ( 6 ) 2019: 23 (18 actual, 5 attempted) India ( 5 ) 2018: 27 (21 actual, 6 attempted) China ( 3 ) Philippines Sulu-Celebes Seas ( 2 ) 2019: 6 (4 actual, 2 attempted) Vietnam ( 2 ) 2018: 9 (8 actual, 1 attempted) South China Sea ( 1 ) 2. Areas of concern Pacific Ocean ( 1 ) Sulu-Celebes Seas: Threat of abduction of crew 2019: 2 actual (2 actual and 1 attempted in 2018) Piracy Singapore Strait (2 incidents) 2019: 31 (29 actual, 2 attempted) (6 actual and 1 attempted in 2018) Armed robbery Malaysia: anchored off Bandar Penawar, Johor against ships 2019: 5 actual (0 in 2018) (80 incidents) outside of anchorage areas designated by the littoral States Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
6 II. Update by location 1. Straits of Malacca & Singapore (2007-2019) Most of incidents occurred in Singapore Strait, except in 2007 Significant decrease in 2016: Arrests of perpetrators by Indonesian authorities in 2014 and 2015 were reported Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
7 II. Update by location 2.(1) Singapore Strait (2015-2018) Legend 2015 (99) 2016 (2) CAT 2 CAT 3 CAT 4 Attempted 2017 (8) 2018 (7) Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
8 II. Update by location 2.(2) Singapore Strait (2019) Legend 2019 (31) CAT 2 CAT 3 Westbound lane CAT 4 Tug boat & barge (14) Attempted Tanker (1) Eastbound lane Bulk carrier (8) Tanker (4) Tug boat & barge (3) VLCC (1) 15 incidents in westbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) 14 x CAT 4, 1 x Attempted 16 incidents in eastbound lane of the TSS 3 x CAT 2, 6 x CAT 3, 6 x CAT 4, 1 x Attempted Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
9 II. Update by location 2.(3) Singapore Strait (2019) - Monthly Number of incidents in Singapore Strait in 2019 (westbound lane and eastbound lane) 9 8 7 6 5 4 8 3 4 2 3 3 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Westbound Eastbound Date of successive incidents in eastbound lane of TSS (Sep – Dec 2019) 30 Sep 18 Oct, 19 Oct, 25 Oct 5 Nov, 23 Nov, 24 Nov, 28 Nov (2 incidents) 6 Dec, 20 Dec (2 incidents), 21 Dec, 22 Dec, 23 Dec (2 incidents), 25 Dec Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
10 II. Update by location 2.(4) Singapore Strait (2019) - Modus Operandi * Number of incidents in bracket Type of ships Weapons carried Treatment of Items stolen Time of crew incident • Barges towed • Knives / machetes / others (1) • No injuries (13) • Scrap metal (9) • Hours of Westbound • Not stated (14) • Not stated (2) • Tools (2) by tug boats darkness (8) lane of the TSS • Nothing stolen • Daylight hours (14) (15 incidents) • Tanker (1) (4) (7) • Bulk carriers (8) • Gun & jungle knife (1) • Minor injury (1) • Engine spares • Hours of Eastbound • Tankers (4) • Knives / machete (7) • No injuries (15) (2) darkness (14) lane of the TSS • Barges towed • Not armed (2) • Threatened by • Scrap metal (2) • Daylight hours (16 incidents) • Not stated (6) • Twist locks & by tug boats (3) gun/knife (2) (2) • VLCC (1) • Crew tied up (2) ropes (1) • Personal belongings (1) • Nothing stolen (10) [ Entered engine room ( 7 ) ] Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
11 II. Update by location 2.(5) Singapore Strait: Actions by ReCAAP ISC Five Incident Alerts during October-December 2019 , following the successive incidents in the eastbound lane of the Singapore Strait, with recommendations: Enhanced information sharing among littoral States Increased surveillance and patrols of law enforcement agencies Crew to exercise utmost vigilance, adopt preventive measures and report incidents immediately to nearest coastal State Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
12 II. Update by location 2.(6) Singapore Strait (Case Study 1) 19 Oct 19 at about 0100 hrs : Bulk carrier, Nord Steel was underway south of Nipa transit anchorage, Indonesia Eastbound lane of TSS in the Singapore Strait The duty oiler sighted five perpetrators armed with gun and jungle knife on deck. The perpetrators threatened the duty oiler, tied his hands and stole engine spares and escaped through the steering room. The duty oiler informed the master who raised the general alarm and reported incident to VTIS and ship master. The gun was not discharged. Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
13 II. Update by location 2.(7) Singapore Strait (Case Study 2) 20 Dec 19 at about 232 5 hrs : Tanker, Jag Lalit was underway at approx. 3.5 nm north of Pulau Nongsa, Indonesia Eastbound lane of TSS in the Singapore Strait Bound for Kaoshiung, Taiwan, China Jag Lalit Tanker Six perpetrators armed with knives boarded 20 Dec 19 2325 hrs the ship 4 th Engineer was punched in the face Chief engineer sustained bruises on the neck when he had a gold chain stolen from him Master reported incident to Singapore VTIS Safety navigational broadcast was initiated Republic of Singapore Navy and Indonesian authority were notified Master deviated ship to Singapore for safety of crew Singapore Police Coast Guard boarded ship for investigation and verified that all crew were safe Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
14 II. Update by location 2.(8) Singapore Strait (Case Study 3) 25 Dec 19 at about 0028 hrs : Tanker, Stena Immortal was underway at approx. 4.6 nm east of Pulau Karimun Kecil, Indonesia Eastbound lane of TSS in the Singapore Strait Bound for Singapore Six unarmed perpetrators were sighted in the engine room The chief engineer sighted perpetrators, Stena Immortal Tanker alerted master and activated ship alarm 25 Dec 19 0028 hrs Perpetrators escaped empty-handed at stern of ship in a small boat Master reported the incident to Singapore VTIS Safety navigational broadcast was initiated Republic of Singapore Navy and Indonesian authority were notified Master resumed voyage to Singapore Singapore Police Coast Guard boarded ship for investigation Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
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