Sep 30, 2015 - was advised to proceed to anchor within port limit in order for Singapore PCG to board for investigation.
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REPORT FOR
JAN – SEP
2015
1 January 2015 30 September 2015 Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia
CONTENT QUARTERLY REPORT
2015
1 January 2015 30 September 2015
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PART ONE Incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia reported during January-September 2015 PART TWO Analysis of incidents in terms of its violence and economic factors PART THREE Incidents on board ships while underway and at ports and anchorages by locations • Straits of Malacca and Singapore • South China Sea • Indonesia
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• Vietnam
PART FOUR Update on incidents involving hijacking of tankers for theft of cargo oil
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PART FIVE Case Studies • Permata 1 towing Permata 2 • Joaquim
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PART SIX ReCAAP ISC Activities (July-September 2015) CONCLUSION APPENDICES Definitions & methodology in classifying incidents Information for readers: List of abbreviations Description of incidents (January-September 2015) Flow diagram on procedure for reporting incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia Contact details of ReCAAP Focal Points / Contact Point Acknowledgements
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
QUARTERLY Executive Summary REPORT JAN – SEP 2015 A total of 161 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships had been reported in Asia during January-September 2015. Of these, 11 were piracy incidents and 150 were armed robberies against ships. On a quarter-to-quarter comparison, there had been a 25% increase in the total number of incidents in 2015 compared to 2014.
S H A R I N G I N F O R M AT I O N
The ReCAAP ISC and its Focal Points are committed to work collectively with the shipping industry including seafarers, enforcement agencies and relevant stakeholders to address the situation in SOMS and incidents involving hijacking of tankers for theft of cargo oil.
Re C A A P
Of the 161 incidents, 11 were CAT 1 incidents, 21 were CAT 2 incidents, 26 were CAT 3 incidents, 92 were CAT 4 incidents, and 11 were attempted incidents. Compared to the same period in 2014, the bulk of the increase were CAT 1 incidents and CAT 4 incidents; while CAT 2 and CAT 3 incidents had fluctuated within the range of between 20-30 incidents over the last four years. Accounting for the bulk of the CAT 4 incidents were incidents on board ships while underway in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS) which had reported a surge in numbers during January-September 2015 compared to the same period in past four years. Continued to be of concern was the CAT 1 incidents involving the hijacking of product/oil tankers (majority
