by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 12, 2022 | News, Piracy, Shipping
The ICC International Maritime Bureau’s latest piracy report recorded 37 incidents in the first three months of 2022, down from 38 in 2021. Nearly half of the incidents (41 per cent) occurred in Southeast Asian waters, particularly in the Singapore Straits. Yet, there...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jan 13, 2022 | News, Piracy, Shipping
With 132 incidents, maritime piracy and armed robbery over 2021 reached the lowest recorded level since 1994, the annual piracy report of the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reveals. IMB attributes the drop in incidents to vigorous action taken by authorities,...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Oct 20, 2021 | News, Piracy
IMB’s latest global piracy report recorded 97 incidents of piracy and armed robbery for the first nine months of 2021 – the lowest level of reported incidents since 1994. At the same time IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre warns against complacency as violence against crew...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Jul 13, 2021 | News, Piracy, Shipping
The number of piracy and armed robbery incidents in the first six months of 2021 has dropped to the lowest level since 1994. IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre has recorded 68 occurrences down from 98 during the same period last year. While a welcome development, the IMB...
by Mariska Buitendijk | Apr 19, 2021 | News, Piracy, Shipping
The Gulf of Guinea accounted for nearly half (43%) of all reported piracy incidents in the first three months of 2021, according to the latest figures from the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB). In addition, the region accounted for all forty kidnapped crew...