ReCAAP ISC: One armed robbery incident in Asia - SAFETY4SEA - Safety4Sea

One incidental of equipped robbery against ships successful Asia (CAT 4) was reported to ReCAAP ISC, from 27 December 2022 to 3 January 2023. The incidental occurred to a chemic tanker portion anchored astatine Kandla Anchorage, India.

With this incident, a full of 5 incidents were reported successful India successful the twelvemonth 2022, which is the aforesaid arsenic the full fig reported successful 2021.

Of interest successful Asia is the continued occurrence of incidents successful the Singapore Strait (SS), which reported a full of 55 incidents successful 2022 compared to 49 incidents successful 2021; and the menace of abduction of unit for ransom successful the Sulu-Celebes Seas.

Downgrading of menace level

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), aft cautious information of inputs from stakeholders and counterparts with captious engagement successful securing the Sulu-Celebes Seas maritime information measure, recommends the downgrading of the menace connected the ‘Abduction of unit for ransom successful the Sulu-Celebes Seas’ from ‘POTENTIALLY HIGH’ to ‘MODERATE’. The MODERATE menace level implies that ‘Incidents are imaginable to hap but are comparatively little terrible successful nature’.

As the menace of abduction of unit successful the Sulu-Celebes Seas has diminished since January 2020 owed to palmy subject operations and robust instrumentality enforcement initiatives, the ReCAAP ISC updates its Advisory to each ships to see re-route from the country arsenic an enactment based connected its prerogative.

For ships transiting the area, the vessel masters and unit are powerfully encouraged to workout other vigilance and study each incidents instantly to the Operation Centres of the Philippines and Eastern Sabah Security Command (ESSCOM) of Malaysia.

Recommendations

Ship maestro and unit to study each incidents of piracy and equipped robbery against ships to the nearest coastal State and emblem State, workout vigilance and follow due preventive measures taking notation from the Regional Guide 2 to Counter Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships successful Asia.