Piracy and armed robbery in the Singapore Strait information
A map of the Singapore Strait
Frequent incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the Singapore Strait have led to the area being labelled as an area of concern by the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (RECAAP).[1] The Singapore Strait is located south of Singapore, south-east of Malaysia and north of the Indonesian Riau Islands.[2] The Singapore Strait is roughly 113 km long with an average width of 19 km.[2] The Singapore Strait was the location of 65% (55 out of 84) of all incidents of piracy and armed robbery which occurred in Asia in 2022,[1] marking a seven year high in recorded incidents of piracy and armed robbery in the area.[3]
Between 2007- 2022, 11% of recorded incidents in the Singapore Strait were incidents of piracy and 89% were incidents of armed robbery against ships.[4] There were 34 recorded incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea in the Singapore Strait in 2020,[5] 49 in 2021,[6] and 55 in 2022;[1] indicating a trend of increasing incidents. This trend goes against the global figures of piracy and armed robbery incidents, which are at their lowest level since 1994.[7]
Frequent incidents of piracyandarmedrobberyintheSingaporeStrait have led to the area being labelled as an area of concern by the Regional Cooperation...
coordinates) TheSingaporeStrait is a 113 km-long (70 mi), 19 km-wide (12 mi) strait between theStrait of Malacca inthe west andthe South China Sea inthe east...
Thailand, andSingapore along with increased security on vessels have sparked a sharp downturn inpiracy. TheStrait of Malacca's geography makes the region...
(PDF) from the original on 22 November 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2018. Raymond, Catherine (2009). "PIRACYANDARMEDROBBERYINTHE MALACCA STRAIT: A Problem...
The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating PiracyandArmedRobbery against Ships in Asia, abbreviated as ReCAAP or RECAAP, is a multilateral agreement...
Strait of Malacca, Sulu and Celebes Seas, Indian Ocean, and Falcon Lake. Due to the crisis in Bolivarian Venezuela, issues of piracy returned to the Caribbean...
2023 inpiracy was marked by 120 events of maritime piracy against ships, according to the annual PiracyandArmedRobbery Report of the ICC International...
According to the 2018 Oceans Beyond Piracy report, covering the year 2017, the number of seafarers affected by piracyandarmedrobberyinthe Gulf of Guinea...
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing...
other cargo and tanks, as well as the high rate of practising piracy within the country itself. TheStrait of Malacca is also one of the world's busiest...
regional peace and security. Maintain continuous surveillance on theSingaporeStrait to prevent sea robberies, piracy, terrorism and unwanted incursions...
goods, armedrobberiesand terrorism. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) reports that Indonesia had the highest incidents of piracyandarmed robbery...
governments of India andthe Russian Federation to cooperate with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to fight piracyandarmedrobbery against ships...
which engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war. Since robbery under arms was a common aspect of seaborne trade, until the early 19th century...
ships to armed port security for logistics companies. The most prominent, and controversial, service that these companies offer is armed anti-piracy support...
influence. The second came inthe form of the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating PiracyandArmedRobbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) initiative...
pirate activity. From 2007 to 2017, 34 incidents of piracy/armedrobbery at sea occurred off the Anambas Islands, some of which originated from Jemaja...
install radar in their ships for piracy warning and launched maritime exercise. Both Singaporeand Thailand have also been invited to assist inthe Sulu Sea...
security intheStrait of Malacca, and was consulted by The Economist on piracy off the coast of Somalia. "Countering piracyandarmedrobbery at sea in Asia...
2013. p. 26. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015. "Reports on acts of piracyandarmedrobbery against ships" (PDF). International...
such as the Malaysian Armed Forces and Army / Navy Maritime Patrol to prevent piracyand to secure the national borders. The Internal Security and Public...
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