【Piracy】 Global piracy incident report for half quarter 2022 by IMB

AYA OKUMA

July 13, 2022 08:48 Updated

IMB has published global piracy report which period of 1 January to 30 June 2022.

The Summary of the report is below.

IMB’s latest global piracy report details 58 incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships – the lowest total since 1994.
Of the 58 incidents, 12 were reported in the Gulf of Guinea. The incident number has been decreased since the incident number was 23 for the same period of last year. However, In early April, a Panamax bulk carrier was attacked and boarded by pirates 260NM off the coast of Ghana. This illustrates that despite a decrease in reported incidents, the threat of Gulf of Guinea piracy and crew kidnappings remains.
Incident number at Singapore Strait was 16, which is same level of last year.
Incident number at Callao anchorage, where piracy incident has been increased since 2020, was 7. This is also almost same level as last year.
Although no incidents were reported there since the start of the year, the threat of piracy still exists in the waters off the southern Red Sea and in the Gulf of Aden, which include the Yemeni and Somali coasts. Although the opportunity for incidents has reduced, the Somali pirates continue to possess the capability and capacity to carry out incidents, and all merchant ships are advised to adhere to the recommendations in the latest Best Management Practices, while transiting in these waters.

You can download full report from below link.