11 incidents of sea robbery took place in Singapore Strait, says regional agenc

Among these 11 incidents, determination were reports of incidents that occurred wrong a abbreviated interval – 2 incidents each successful the aboriginal greeting of Jan 26 and Feb 3, and 2 incidents connected the intervening nighttime of January 28-29, said the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) arsenic it alerted the maritime assemblage connected the continued incidents of oversea robbery onboard ships successful the Singapore Strait.

All 11 incidents took spot adjacent to each different disconnected Pulau (island) Cula and Helen Mar Reef, onboard ships portion transiting the Phillip Channel.

Engine spares were stolen successful 7 incidents and thing was stolen successful 4 incidents, said the agency.

Of the 11 reported incidents, 4 incidents progressive perpetrators with guns oregon gun-like objects, 5 incidents progressive perpetrators with knives. Information astir the different 2 incidents was not available, it added.

In 1 incident, a main engineer’s hands were tied portion unit were not injured successful different incidents.

The ReCAAP ISC said it is acrophobic with the summation successful the fig of incidents successful the Singapore Strait that astir tripled compared to the corresponding play of erstwhile twelvemonth (1 January – 3 February 2024), wherever 4 incidents were reported.

The Centre urges the littoral States to summation patrols/surveillance successful their respective waters, respond promptly to incidents reported by ships, fortify coordination and beforehand accusation sharing connected incidents and transgression groups progressive to apprehension the perpetrators.

ReCAAP ISC advised ships to intensify vigilance and support crisp look-out portion transiting the areas of concern, peculiarly during hours of darkness, and follow preventive measures.