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Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia

Situation Update of

Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships

in Asia

26 April 2012


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ScopeScopeScope

Methodology adopted in classification ofMethodology adopted in classification of

incidentsincidents

Situation updateSituation update

Analysis by locationAnalysis by location

Case studiesCase studies

ConclusionConclusion


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Classification of IncidentsClassification of IncidentsClassification of Incidents Formulate a matrix based on relevance of factors and impact towards overall

significance of an incident

Indicators of the two factors:

Violence Factor (V-factor) Type of weapon

Treatment of crew

Number of pirates/robbers

Economic Factor (E-factor)

Type of item stolen

Overall significance level Broadly, the 4 Categories encompass:

CAT 1: kidnapping, hijacking, death/missing of crew

CAT 2: pirates/robbers were armed, crew was threatened/assaulted, cashtaken

CAT 3: pirates/robbers armed with knives, mostly used to cut and removeitems onboard ships

Petty theft: not armed and crew not harmed


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Situation UpdateSituation Update


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Situation Update (Jan-Mar of 2008-2012)Situation Update (JanSituation Update (Jan--Mar of 2008Mar of 2008--2012)2012) Improvement in Jan-Mar 2012

compared to Jan-Mar 2011, but still

higher than 2008-2010

Attempted incidents (10 3)

Actual incidents (38 35)

Relatively less violence compared

to past four years

No incident of piracy

No CAT 1 incident

CAT 2 and Petty Theft stable forpast two years (Jan-Mar of 2011-

2012)

CAT 3 stable for past three years

(Jan-Mar of 2010-2012)


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Patterns and Trends (Jan-Mar 2012)Patterns and Trends (JanPatterns and Trends (Jan--Mar 2012)Mar 2012)

Vessels underway Improvement in the South China

Sea and Straits of Malacca &Singapore

Vessels at anchor/berth Increase in the number of

incidents at ports and anchoragesin Indonesia

Half of total number ofincidents occurred in Indonesia

Improvement at ports and

anchorages in MalaysiaNo CAT 1 Incident reported

during this quarter


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Analysis by locationAnalysis by location


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Straits of Malacca and SingaporeStraits of Malacca and Singapore(Jan(Jan--Mar of 2008Mar of 2008--2012)2012)

Legend

Jan-Mar 2008 (2) 0 0 0 0 2

Jan-Mar 2009 (2) 1 1 0 0 0

Jan-Mar 2010 (1) 0 0 0 0 1

Jan-Mar 2011 (10) 0 4 1 4 1

Jan-Mar 2012 (4) 0 4 0 0 0

Petty Theft AttemptedCAT 1 CAT 2 CAT 3

** * *

+

X

+

X

+

X

+

X

+

X

*

Improvement during Jan-Mar 2012

compared to same period in 2011

10 4

Al l 4 incidents involved tug boats

Improvement occurred in the

Phillip Channel and off Pulau

Karimun region

Possible reasons:

Increase in surveillance and joint

coordinated patrols by the littoral

States

Better situation awareness among

seafarers and authori ties

Sharing of anti-piracy guidelines

with tug boat and barge owners


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Malaysia

Pulau Tioman

Legend

Jan-Mar 2008 (1) 0 0 0 1 0

Jan-Mar 2009 (1) 0 0 0 1 0

Jan-Mar 2010 (4) 1 0 3 0 0

Jan-Mar 2011 (7) 1 5 0 1 0

Jan-Mar 2012 (1) 0 0 1 0 0

CAT 1 CAT 2 CAT 3 Petty Theft Attempted

** * *

+

X

+

X

+

X

+

X

+

X

*

X

XXXX

+

Malaysia (JanMalaysia (Jan--Mar of 2008Mar of 2008--2012)2012)

Improvement during Jan-Mar 2012

compared to same period in 2011

7 1

Improvement off Tanjung Ayam

No incidents compared to four incidents

dur ing Jan-Mar 2011

Possible reasons:

Increase in surveillance and enhanced

presence of Malaysian authorities

Deterrence effects due to successful

apprehension of robbers/recovery of

hijacked vessel by MMEA:

Front Queen(9 Mar 11)

Sky Jupiter(19 Sep 11)

Nautical Johor Bahru(27 Oct 11)


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X

XX

XX+ X

Malaysia

Sumatra

Pulau

NatunaPulau

Anambas

Vietnam

Kalimantan

Legend

Jan-Mar 2008 (1) 0 0 0 0 1

Jan-Mar 2009 (1) 0 1 0 0 0

Jan-Mar 2010 (1) 0 1 0 0 0

Jan-Mar 2011 (6) 0 1 0 0 5

Jan-Mar 2012 (0) 0 0 0 0 0

CAT 1 CAT 2 CAT 3 Petty Theft Attempted

** **

+

X

+

X

+

X

+

X

+

X

*

South China SeaSouth China Sea (Jan(Jan--Mar of 2008Mar of 2008--2012)2012)

Improvement during Jan-Mar

2012 compared to same period

in 2011 6 0

Improvement in situation off

Pulau Anambas

No incident in 2012 compared

to three in 2011

Possible reasons:

Increase in patrol and

surveillance by littoral States

Better situation awareness

among seafarers and authorities


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Indonesia (JanIndonesia (Jan--Mar of 2008Mar of 2008--2012)2012)

Highest number of incidents

during Jan-Mar 2012

compared to same period in

past four years

4 1 9 6 17

Majority are CAT 3 and pettytheft incidents

Increase in significance level

of incidents

Four CAT 2 incidents reportedduring Jan-Mar 2012

compared to only one CAT 2

incident reported for past four

years


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Case StudyCase Study

Recovery of Hijacked vessels:Recovery of Hijacked vessels:

Tug boat,Tug boat, Sin Hin 5Sin Hin 5

towing barge,towing barge, Sin Hin 6Sin Hin 6

28 Dec 201128 Dec 2011


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On 23 Dec 11, vessels departed Port Klang,

Malaysia for Bintulu, Malaysia

Vessels anchored at Tanjung Ayam on 25

Dec 11 due to rough sea conditions

Vessels departed Tanjung Ayam on 28 Dec

11

Owner tried to contact master on 28 Dec 11

but could not establish communications

Tug boat was observed to be heading

towards Indonesia at about 1800 hrs

On 29 Dec 11 at or about 0700 hrs,

confirmed Sin Hin 5 was along the

Kalimantan Strait

Comms with the master still could not be

established. Last contact on 27 Dec 11

Owner repor ted to ReCAAP ISC that Sin Hin

5towing barge, Sin Hin 6was suspected to

have been hi jacked

Hijack ofHijack of Sin Hin 5Sin Hin 5 towingtowing Sin Hin 6Sin Hin 6

Port Klang

Tanjung

Ayam

MALAYSIA

Scheduled

Route

Sumatra

23 Dec 11 at 1400 hrs

Vessels departed f or

Bintulu, Malaysia

28 Dec 11 at 0140 hrs

Vessels departed

Tanjung Ayam

25 Dec 11 at 1800 hrs

Vessels anchored at

Tanjung Ayam

28 Dec 11 at 1800 hrs

Vessels heading

towards Indonesia


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ReCAAP ISC informed the ReCAAP Focal Points,

IFC, BAKORKAMLA, Indonesian Marine Police,

TNI-AL and MMEA

Between 29-30 Dec 11, company continued to

share information with ReCAAP ISC on the

movement of the tug boat



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On 31 Dec 11, Sin Hin 5and its crew were found and

rescued by the Indonesian Navy off Pulau Belintung,

Indonesia

On 1 Jan 12, an Indonesian aircraft and three warships

found Sin Hin 6 in the area

Owner recovered the vessels

Vessel was renamed Golden I

Owner attributed the quick recovery of the hijacked

vessels to timely information sharing and operational

cooperation among ReCAAP ISC, Focal Points,

Malaysia, Indonesia and i ts stakeholders

Owner shared his experience at ReCAAP ISC Nautical

Forum 3/12



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Case StudyCase Study

Apprehension of robbers andApprehension of robbers andrecovery of stolen items:recovery of stolen items:

OXL LotusOXL Lotuson 22 Jan 2012on 22 Jan 2012AndakiniAndakini on 22 Mar 2012on 22 Mar 2012


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ChittagongAnc

horage

A

AnchorageB

Anchorage C

Karnaphuli

River

Vessels were anchored at Chittagong

Anchorage

OXL Lotus on 22 Jan 12

Andakini on 22 Mar 12 In both incidents,

Robbers boarded and stole mooring ropes from the

vessels

Master reported incident to Chittagong Port

Authority, who informed the Bangladesh Coast

Guard

Bangladesh Coast Guard deployed one speed boat

to location

Bangladesh Coast Guard apprehended threerobbers and recovered items

Timely reporting by master resulted in

apprehension of robbers and the recovery of

stolen items

Incidents at Chittagong Anchorage, Bangladesh

Anadakini

22 Mar 12

0003 hrs

OXL Lotus

22 Jan 12

2215 hrs


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ConclusionConclusion

Improvement in Malaysia, South China Sea andStraits of Malacca and Singapore

Littoral States continue enhance surveillance and

maintain presence

Seafarers observe BMPs and maintain situationawareness

Published poster on Guidelines for Tug Boats

and Barges

Need for enforcement at ports and anchorages of Indonesia Timely reporting of incidents to authorit ies resulted in:

Recovery of hijacked vessels (Sin Hin 5 and Sin Hin 6)

Apprehension of robbers and recovery of stolen items (Andakini and

OXL Lotus)

Decrease in incidents due to under-reporting, or true reflection of

situation?


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