【Piracy】IMB records lowest level of Q1 piracy since 1993 in 2023 report.

IMB published quarterly report of 2023 1Q.

Brief summary is below.

• The report reveals 27 incidents were reported in the first quarter of the year, representing a marked decline from 37 incidents for the same period in 2022
• In the Gulf of Guinea,  just five incidents were reported in Q1 2023 compared to eight in 2022 and 16 in 2021. Despite these improvements, the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre is calling for coastal response agencies and international navies to maintain efforts in the region. On 25 March, a product tanker was hijacked 140nm WSW of Pointe Noire, The Congo. The vessel effectively lost all communications for nearly five days and when located by a French naval asset, six crew were reported as kidnapped.
• Almost 30% of Q1 2023 incidents occurred in the Singapore Straits, with eight recorded cases – a decrease from the 15 incidents reported in Q1 2022. While incidents in this region tend to be cases of petty theft, the threat of violence remains a worrisome possibility, with knives sighted and reported in two of the incidents
• About 33% of global incidents occurred in South America, with Callao anchorage, Peru remaining an area of particular concern. Five reported incidents occurred there in Q1 2023, a number which has remained steady in recent years
• No incident reported by Somali pirates.
  
  

Note from Editor：
According to 1Q report by UKMTO, 6 security events were reported in Gulf of Aden, Red Sea and Oman coast.
Two reports of irregular activity involving small vessels with multiple persons on board during this period. One report of a suspicious approach by small craft  with 5-6 persons onboard. One report of an attack by perpetrators unknown against a merchant vessel in the vicinity of the Hanish Islands. The vessel reported approximately 4-5 bursts of automatic fire from one small vessel. For all cases, there is no report that ship's damage nor crew injury.

UKMTO Quarterly Report
20230413-QuarterlyReport_Q1_2023.pdf

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https://www.icc-ccs.org/index.php/1329-imb-records-lowest-level-of-q1-piracy-since-1993-in-2023-report