Global attacks on shipping by pirates declined during the first two quarters of the year, according to the International Maritime Bureau. A total of 196 incidents around the world were recorded by bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre, compared to 240 incidents…

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• Piracy on the Rise in Asian waters

    The number of piracy incidents in Asian waters increased by 5% last year, with a sharp rise in attacks in the South China Sea. In 2009 there were 101 incidents of piracy in Asian waters, comprising 81 actual attacks and 20 attempted, reported to the ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre in

• Piracy incidents in Asia

    There was an increase in the number of pirate attacks in Asian waters in January with 11 incidents reported. Anti-piracy centre ReCAAP said there were 11 incidents of piracy and armed robbery reported in January this year compared with just two last year

• Pirate attacks off Somalia almost twice as

     (voanews) The International Maritime Bureau in London reports piracy incidents on the high seas increased nearly 40 percent in 2009 from a year ago.  Pirate activities off the coast of Somalia accounted for more than half of all attacks worldwide.  Source

• Piracy attacks doubled in 2009

    Global piracy attacks have more than doubled to 240 for the first six months of 2009 compared to 114 in the same period last year, according to a recent report from the ICC International Maritime Bureau’s Piracy Reporting Centre (IMB).… Read at Piracy attacks doubled in 2009

• Less piracy in the seas off Malaysia, Singapore

    Pirate attacks against ships in the Asian region, particularly in the seas off Malaysia and Singapore, including the Straits of Malacca, have dropped last month as compared to a year ago. Five pirate attacks and three attempted raids were reported in the region last month, according to the Regional Cooperation

• Piracy in Asia does not get as bad as feared

    An anticipated surge in pirate attacks in Asian waters due to the economic crisis did not materialise. Sea attacks in regional waters last year increased by 5 per cent, with 101 reports clocked by the ReCAAP Information-Sharing Centre, an anti-piracy watch centre.

• Shipowners reduce freight as piracy drops half

    The rising cost of freight to Nigeria and other West African ports which pushed the price of imported products such as oil, wheat, steel and maize up has dropped. The International Maritime Bureau explained that the drop was due to the action of the naval forces in the gulf of

• Ships can be vulnerable to piracy lines a wide berth

    The economic impact of piracy in the Gulf of Aden continue to hit East African region for the second year running, pushing up the cost of living significantly and robbing the region’s commodities’ competitiveness in the global markets. This is despite concerted efforts from the international community to combat the

• Piracy in \ u0026 # 39, 09 double-IMB

    Piracy attacks off the Somali coast are set to double this year as lucrative ransoms and difficulties policing vast swathes of ocean lure increasing numbers of pirates onto the seas, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) said on Tuesday. The Kuala Lumpur-based centre said there have been 200 attacks off the

• Somali pirates killed in battle for ransom for tanker

    At least three Somali pirates were killed and three others wounded in an overnight gun battle in the town of Haradhere over the sharing of a ransom paid for the release of a Greek-flagged supertanker, elders and pirates said. “The fighting started during an argument over the dividing of the