Singapore-flagged chemical tanker Success 9 was boarded by pirates at around 1400 hrs UTC on April 10, according to reports.

The number of incidents of piracy report to the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) fell again in 2022, despite a rise in incidents in Southeast Asia.

There has been an increase in the number of incidents of theft, robbery and piracy against ships in the Philip Channel in the west of the Singapore Strait this year.

Infographic from Information Fusion Centre (IFC) summarising boardings and attempted boardings in the of the Singapore Strait up to 5 October 2022.

The number of armed robbery incidents in the Singapore Strait continued to rise in the first half of 2022 with 27 reports of vessel boardings.

In 2022, the ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) received the lowest number of reported piracy incidents in the first half of a year since 1994.

Infographic from Information Fusion Centre (IFC) summarising boardings and attempted boardings in the of the Singapore Strait up to 5 July 2022.

Infographic from Information Fusion Centre (IFC) summarising boardings and attempted boardings in the of the Singapore Strait up to 20 May 2022.

Infographic from Information Fusion Centre (IFC) summarising boardings and attempted boardings in the of the Singapore Strait up to 12 April 2022.

The European Maritime Safety Agency has signed co-operation agreements with EU NAVFOR Somalia and EU NAVFOR MED.