Tag: ReCAAP

  • SE Asian pirates hijack tanker

    MT Joaquim hijacked in Malacca Strait. SE Asian pirates hijack tanker After taking a break in July, Southeast Asia’s pirates appear to have returned to form with the hijacking of […]

  • Is Southeast Asia really a piracy hot spot?

    Call for enhanced security in the Singapore Straits. Is Southeast Asia really a piracy hot spot? Sam Bateman A recent piece by Elliot Brennan (Southeast Asia: Here be Pirates) misrepresents […]

  • On the trail of fuel oil pirates

    Latest ReCAAP report makes grim reading. On the trail of fuel oil pirates in Southeast Asia By Vincent Wee from Hong Kong The most recent ReCAAP ISC half yearly report has revealed the […]

  • Here be pirates

    The rise in SE Asia piracy causes concern. Here be pirates: Why Southeast Asia needs to boost maritime cooperation Elliot Brennan On 1 April, a Malaysia-flagged tanker was attacked and […]

  • IMB, ReCAAP reports issued

    Reported bodies reveal Q1 statistics. IMB & ReCAAP ISC Release 2015 Half-Yearly Reports on Piracy & Armed Robbery At Sea In a rare case of coincidence, both IMB and ReCAAP […]

  • ReCAAP: 18% rise in maritime crime

    106 reported incidents in the first half of 2015. ReCAAP ISC posts 18% rise of incidents in 1H15 Titus Zheng Singapore-headquartered anti-piracy organisation ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ReCAAP ISC) has […]

  • Global piracy under spotlight

    International Peace Institute meets to discuss issue. As Somali Sea-Piracy Declines, Attention Turns To Southeast Asia And Other Regions NEW YORK — Piracy at sea figured prominently during a two-panel […]

  • Malacca buccaneers

    Step aside, Somalia: South-East Asia is the new piracy capital of the world. Malacca buccaneers EIGHT men armed with pistols and machetes boarded the Orkim Harmony, a tanker, in the early […]

  • Indonesian Pirates Sentenced to 10 Years’ Jail

    Hijacked MT Sun Birdie in January. Indonesian Pirates Sentenced to 10 Years’ Jail By Wendy Laursen Nine Indonesian pirates have received jail terms of 10 years each for the armed robbery […]

  • Robbers hit three ships in three hours

    Armed robbers in multiple attacks. Three ships boarded by armed robbers in SE Asia within three hours ReCAAP yesterday took the unusual step of issuing an alert for the Straits […]