【Piracy】New report highlights continued threat of Somali piracy

IMB published quarterly report of 2024 1Q.

Brief summary is below.

A total of 33 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships were recorded in the first three months of 2024, an increase from 27 incidents for the same period in 2023.

The Q1 report highlights the continued threat of Somali piracy incidents with two reported hijackings and one fired upon. One hijack incident happened while her passage at approximately 550 nautical miles (nm) from Mogadishu which shows that Somali pirates still have strong capabilities for attacking vessels.

Incidents within the Gulf of Guinea waters continue to be at a reduced level. Six incidents were reported in Q1 2024 compared to five in the same period of 2023. The IMB urges continued caution as nine crew were kidnapped from a product tanker on 1 January 2024 around 45nm south of Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea.

There has been a noticeable increase in reported low-level opportunistic crimes in Bangladeshi waters in 2024 with seven reported incidents received – six from vessels at anchorage in Chattogram – compared to one report for the whole of 2023.

Please refer IMB News.

https://www.icc-ccs.org/index.php/1348-new-report-highlights-continued-threat-of-somali-piracy

You can download the full detailed report from below link.

https://www.icc-ccs.org/piracy-reporting-centre/request-piracy-report