The remains have been recovered of all 10 US Navy sailors missing from last Monday’s collision between the USS John S McCain and the tanker Alnic MC in the Singapore Strait.

An AIS track of the tanker involved in the collision with the US warship USS John S. McCain shows it taking the expected course to enter the Singapore Strait.

The search area for 10 US Navy sailors missing from the collision between a warship and a tanker in the Singapore Strait has been extended 2,260 sq km.

The US Navy has called an “operational pause” to its fleet after the destroyer USS John S McCain collided with a tanker in the Singapore Strait leaving 10 missing and five injured.

A US Navy guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with a Vafias owned tanker Alnic MC in the Singapore Strait on Monday morning leaving 10 missing and five injured.

Nearly a week after the Thorco Cloud sank in a collision in the Singapore Strait there has been no sign of six missing seafarers.

Pirates who had boarded a tugboat in the Singapore Strait fled after a warship from the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) closed in, reports said.

A permanent security presence is required in a stretch of the Singapore Straits where pirates boarded or attempted to board six vessels on 21 and 22 August, says security firm Dryad Maritime.

Three vessels while underway in the eastbound lane of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on Wednesday were boarded by pirates within a span of three hours, according to ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC).

An Indonesian navy commander has warned shipping to be alert to the threat of theft and piracy in the Malacca and Singapore Straits.