02 Nov 2020 / Singapore Strait, Singapore
Armed pirates stormed three ships in the Singapore Strait in the span of 2½ hours between the night of Sunday 25 October and Monday 26 October.
Nothing was stolen from the bulk carriers in the three separate incidents, which took place in close proximity to each other, in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the waterway. Neither were their crew injured, according to the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre.
The latest armed robberies bring the tally for October to six, the highest monthly figure this year.
Altogether, 28 such incidents in the Singapore Strait have been reported so far this year, against 31 for the whole of last year. Of this year’s cases, 24 occurred in the eastbound lane of the TSS.
In all the six October attacks, there was no confrontation between the perpetrators and the crew. Nothing was stolen except for one vessel where a lifebuoy and some welding rods were taken.
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