THERE was a total of eight reported
incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia, two of which were
attempted incidents in May, similar to the number of incidents reported
the month before, according to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAPP).
Of the eight incidents reported in May,
two incidents occurred on board ships while underway at sea and six
incidents on board ships at anchor.
Of the six actual incidents, one was a CAT 2 incident, one was a CAT 3
incident and four were CAT 4 incidents. There was no CAT 1 incident and
the majority of incidents were CAT 4, or petty theft cases, reported
ReCAPP.
No piracy incident was reported, and no reports were received of crew
being abducted in the Sulu-Celebes Seas. Also, no ship was hijacked for
the theft of oil cargo.
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