The two incidents occurred within an interval of 30 mins and in close proximity to each other in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Singapore Strait.
A total of 37 incidents of armed robbery against ships (comprising 35 actual incidents and two attempted incidents) were reported in Asia during January- June 2021. No piracy incident was reported.
In June 2021, five incidents occurred to ships while underway off Tanjung Pergam, Bintan Island, Indonesia.
The number of incidents in April. A total of seven incidents (all actual incidents) were reported in Asia in April 2021. All were incidents of armed robbery against ships.
The two incidents occurred within an interval of four hours and in close proximity to each other in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Singapore Strait.
In August 2020, six incidents of armed robbery against ships were reported in Asia. No piracy incident was reported.
Within an interval of seven days, two incidents of armed robbery against ships occurred while they were berthed/anchored in Batangas, Philippines.
Dialogue comes on the back of an almost a two-fold increase in incidents of piracy and sea robbery from January to June 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
Reference the warning disseminated by the ReCAAP ISC on 22 May 2020 (Warning 01-2020) about a group of five Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members planning to conduct kidnapping activities in undisclosed areas in Sabah, Malaysia.