The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre has issued piracy report for October 2013. During this month, a total of 16 incidents reported, comprising of 15 actual incidents and one attempted incident. Of these incident occured during last month, two were piracy incidents and the remaining were robberies against ships. The two piracy incidents occurred in…
P { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }A:link { } The patrol boat of IMSCB ‘KN Bintang Laut 4801’ secured 248 illegal Indonesian Labors in Batu Besar marine territory. The personnel of Indonesian Maritime Security Coordinating Board ‘Batam 1st Satgas’ managed to capture a speed boat equipped with 5 engines ‘1,000 horse power’ carrying 248 illegal Indonesian…
The Indonesian Navy had tightened security at the East Java’s southern coast that spans from Pacitan to Banyuwangi, because the area has become known as a route taken by illegal immigrants, human traffickers and groups fish thieves. “A monitoring post will be built at Popoh, Tulungagung,” said Col. Syamsul Rizal, Malang Navy Base Commander…
Two tanker hijackings in about a month in the South China Sea and Malacca Strait, a route for about a quarter of seaborne oil trade, have fueled fears piracy could be on the rise in the area, potentially driving up ship insurance premiums. On Nov. 7, pirates hijacked a tanker carrying marine gasoil in…