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Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand have discussed strengthening and enhancing maritime cooperation in the region, encouraging one another to share information to combat piracy and armed robberies against ships at sea.

The region needs to address the growing incidence of piracy and armed robbery before it becomes a serious security concern.

ReCAAP noted that the increase in piracy and armed robbery incidents against ships is likely due to life pressures such as economic uncertainty and inflation

Global crises like the Ukraine war, regional geopolitical tensions and high inflation are key factors that drive people to commit piracy. Read more at straitstimes.com.

At around 10pm (Singapore time) on Monday (April 10), a Singapore-registered tanker, SUCCESS 9, was boarded by pirates about 300 nautical miles off the Abidjan Coast, Côte d’Ivoire. According to the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), the ship has a 20-member crew of various nationalities, one of whom is a Singapore citizen. MPA says it is "working closely...

PANO - SETTSU, a patrol vessel of the Japan Coast Guard (JCG), arrived in Da Nang on February 13, starting its visit to the Central city of Vietnam and exchange with the Coast Guard Region 2 Command.

CNA – The number of armed robbery incidents aboard ships in the Singapore Strait rose in 2022, with the strait now accounting for 65 per cent of the total number of incidents in Asia. Fifty-five such incidents were reported in the Singapore Strait last year, up from the 49 in 2021, according to the annual […]

PANO - In the framework of the “Vietnam Coast Guard and friends” exchange program, the Vietnam Coast Guard and the Thai Maritime Enforcement Command Center (Thai-MECC) had a meeting on December 8, in Hanoi.

Piracy is a growing threat to global commerce and is becoming a U.S. security issue. While anti-piracy efforts have successfully reduced piracy in the Malacca Strait, Somali pirates have expanded their operations further into the Indian Ocean. Ending the threat from Somali pirates will require shifting from a defensive posture of trying to protect ships passing through the high-risk zones—there are too many ships, too few military vessels, and too many pirates—to an offensive strategy of att...

ReCAAP, the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia, is again highlighting an increase in sea robbe...