The Singapore Straits accounted for over half of all piracy and armed robbery incidents against ships in 2021, according to the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC).
Infographic from Information Fusion Centre (IFC) summarising boardings and attempted boardings in the eastbound lane of the Singapore Strait up to 6 January 2022.
Infographic from Information Fusion Centre (IFC) summarising boardings and attempted boardings in the eastbound lane of the Singapore Strait up to 4 August 2021.
Two more ships were boarded by armed men in the eastbound lane of the Singapore Strait just a day after the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre repeated warnings about attacks in the area.
Despite falling numbers for armed robbery and piracy against ships in Asia as a whole, incidents are on the rise in the Singapore Strait, which accounted for over half the attacks in the region during the first six months of 2021.
