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SINGAPORE, Jan 16 (Xinhua): A total of 97 incidents of piracy and armed robbery were reported in Asia in 2020, representing a 17 percent rise in the total number of incidents from the year of 2019, according to a report released here. There were 95 actual incidents and two attempted incidents, registering an increase of 32 percent in actual incidents, said the annual report from the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). Of the 97 incidents, 93 were armed robbery against ships, while four were piracy. Despite the in...

Sea robbery incidents in Singapore Strait rise again in 2020 Toggle share menu Advertisement File photo of the Singapore Strait. (Photo: AFP) 15 Jan 2021 05:43PM (Updated: 15 Jan 2021 05:50PM) Share this content Bookmark SINGAPORE: There were 34 instances of suspected robbers boarding ships in the Singapore Strait last year, three more than the 31 incidents reported in 2019, a maritime information sharing centre said on Friday (Jan 15).  This continues a rising trend after only 17 incidents were reported from 2016 to 2018, according to figures from t...

Pirate attacks remain high in Singapore Strait amid pandemic Sea piracy and armed robbery in Asian waters jumped 17 percent last year compared with a year earlier, with a particularly high occurrence in the Singapore Strait, a Japan-led international center to combat the scourge said on Friday. A total of 97 such incidents were reported last year, of which the largest -- 34 -- took place in the Singapore Strait, the ReCAAP Information Sharing Center said in its annual report. Masafumi Kuroki, its executive director, partly attributed the rise in incidents in the region to the impact of the CO...

Third Quarter Piracy And Armed Robbery Reports The latest report of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) for the third quarter of 2020 showed a total of 132 incidents of armed robbery and piracy. In comparison to Q3 2019, this represented an increase of 10% in the total number of incidents for the same period. The report recorded that 110 ships were boarded, two ships were hijacked, 12 ships experienced attempted attacks and six ships were fired upon. There were 134 cases of assault, injury and threats reported, of which 85 seafarers were kidnapped and 31 were held hostage onboard their sh...