A total of 156 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were reported to the ICC IMB’s Piracy Reporting Centre in the first nine months of 2018 compared to 121 for the same period in 2017.
120 volunteers turned up for the Clean-Up on Kayak activity organised by MPA at Sembawang PA Water Venture this morning.
Latest figures from the ICC International Maritime Bureau show that reported incidents of piracy have fallen to their lowest level for 20 years.
Kidnapping and hostage-taking persists off the coasts of West Africa and South East Asia, despite a 20-year low in piracy on the world’s seas, according to figures from ICC IMB.