ReCAAP Reports Six Incidents Of Ships Boarding By Sea Pirates In October
The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) has reported a total of six incidents of ship boarding by armed sea pirates between October 11- 26 within the Singapore Strait
The reports so far, has the highest number of incidents in one month within the region compared to the previous months of 2020.
ReCAAP is concerned with the increase of incidents in the Singapore Strait and it warned that there is a possibility of further incidents as the perpetrators of these incidents have not been arrested.
ReCAAP has advised all ships to exercise utmost vigilance, adopt extra precautionary measures when sailing in the region and it has urged the littoral states to increase patrols and enforcement in their respective waters.
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Over the weekend, the body reported three incidents of armed robbery against ships in the Singapore Strait .
The incidents occurred within intervals of two hours and in close proximity to each other.
All the three ships reported unauthorised perpetrators who fled after the ships raised the alarm. Nothing was stolen and crew members are safe in all three incidents.
According to ReCAAP, the attacked ships are 2009-built panamax bulker Seajourney, 1996-built handy bulker A Racer and 2016-built ultramax bulker El Matador.
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