• One incident have been recorded globally during this reporting period.
• West Africa VRA/HRA: No incidents have been reported.
• Indian Ocean VRA/HRA: No incidents have been reported.
• Southeast Asia Region: One incident have been reported.
• Americas Region: No incidents have been reported. One incident which occurred last week has been included in this weekly report.

• No incidents reported

• The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) have praised Nigeria’s effort to cut piracy in the Gulf of Guinea. They have also praised Dr. Bashir Jamoh, the new Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) for his brave and dynamic approach to maritime security

• As the end of June approaches we can see a large drop in the number of incidents in the region. If the number of incidents stay as they are we will have seen a 66% fall from last month.

• This is consistent with the fall of incidents from May to June 2019 where the drop in incidents was 50%.

• No  incidents reported
• There have been no incidents so far in June. The last time there was a month with no incidents in the region was March 2019.
• The last incident in the region was a suspicious approach on a tanker on 20th May 2020.
• Robberies and general alerts are the most common incidents in the region. These combined have accounted for 84% of the total incidents in the region.

• One incident was reported.

• The incident this week saw a robbery occur on a tanker whilst anchored off Merak anchorage area, Indonesia.

• This was the nineteenth incident to take place in Indonesia so far this year. That’s 39% of the total incidents in the region.

• 92% of the incidents in the region so far this year are robberies. This is at similar level when compared with 2019. Last year 87% of the incidents in the region were robberies.

• No incidents reported this week. One incident has been included that was received after last week’s report was sent.
• The incident saw a robbery take place on an anchored bulk carrier at Mecapa anchorage, Brazil.
• The main threat in the region comes from robberies. 90% of the incidents this year have been robberies. 
• The month of June has so far seen two incidents. That’s one less incident than last month but equivalent to June 2019

This report is produced in partnership with with Clearwater (CWD).  All 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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