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Weekly Maritime Report
Executive Summary
09/03/2020 – 16/03/2020
  • A total of six incidents have been recorded globally during this reporting period.
  • West Africa VRA/HRA: One incident has been reported this week.
  • Southeast Asia Region: Four incidents have been reported this week.
  • Indian Ocean VRA/HRA: No incidents have been reported.
  • Americas Region: No incidents have been reported.
Overview
West Africa
Threat Level: Severe
Regional Summary
  • One incident reported this week.

  • The one incident this week is believed to be related to Alert 905 from February where ladders were spotted.

  • Alert 914 this week is the third incident reported in Angola in the past month. Two of them being suspicious approaches in anchorage areas.

  • The Harmattan season is still ongoing, reducing the visibility offshore and the sea state is under level 3. These conditions are clearly favorably for piracy activities.

2019 - 2020 West Africa Monthly Comparison
East Africa
Threat Level: Substantial
Regional Summary
  • No incidents reported this week.
  • There has been a sharp increase in the amount of alertsin the region, compared to this stage in 2019. With 6 alerts in past 4 weeks being reported within the Gulf of Aden region.
  • Despite the sharp increase in the total number of alerts, the type of alert has remained consistent with last year. Robberies accounting for 35%. General alerts and suspicious approaches make up 65%.
2019 - 2020 East Africa Monthly Comparison
Southeast Asia
Threat Level: Substantial
Regional Summary
  • Five incidents have been reported this week, this figure includes one which was issued after last week's report was sent.
  • There were seven piracy incidents in February, all of them being robberies with five of the vessels being underway at the time of th incident.
  • There has been an increase in reported incidents compared to this time in 2019, with petty theft dominating the incidents reported.
2019 - 2020 Southeast Asia Monthly Comparison
Americas
Threat Level: Substantial
Regional Summary
  • No incidents reported this week.
  • A total of two incidents took place in the month of February, these were both robberies. The main risk for seafarers during these robberies is the act of violence, if any resistance is made.
  • So far in 2020, five alerts have been reported in the Americas region. This is the same amount of alerts issued by this point in 2019.
  • Over the last six months, seven of the last fifteen alerts in the Americas region have been in and around the port of Callao, Peru.
2019 - 2020 Americas Monthly Comparison
Weekly Alert Comparison by Area
2019 - 2020 Overall Monthly Comparison
Terminology

The report’s findings are predictive and estimative. To communicate these findings clearly and in order to accurately compare threat levels, the report uses a variation of terminology used by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

Piracy: CWD/CV have adopted the definition of piracy similar to that given in the BMP5. Content within this document uses the term ‘piracy’ which includes all violent and non-violent acts against vessels, her crew and cargo which have taken place either in internal waterways, territorial waters or deep offshore. CWD/CV classifies piracy incidents into six categories:

Hijacking – Crew lost control of the vessel for a sufficient period of time and then pirates kidnapped at least one crewmember and/or passenger (s)

Pirate Attack – Vessel was attacked with gunfire or RPG fire and/or then boarded the vessel with the intent to hijack and/or kidnap at least one crewmember(s) and/or passenger(s)

Robbery – Vessel is boarded with criminal intent, theft does not have to occur

Suspicious approach/vessels – Suspicious activity reported (i.e. a vessel was approached by unidentified craft with one or more persons on board) or sighting of firearms and boarding equipment on board a suspicious vessel and/or sighting of a confirmed pirate mother ship

General Alert – A reported incident has been released by authorities to notify seafarers of a possible incident which is still being investigated/confirmed. This can also be a warning of an imminent Danger to seafarers

Caution – An unconfirmed warning of an incident that could affect seafarers which CWD Operations Centre has received.

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