In its recently published annual report, IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) sees the situation in the Gulf of Guinea as a major driver of the increase in piracy cases in 2020 - 195 cases compared to 162 in 2019.
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Figures from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), an organisational unit of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), show an increase in piracy attacks and armed robberies in 2020. Compared to 2019 with 162 pirate attacks, the number rose to 195 in 2020. The IMB Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) reports that three ships were hijacked and 11 ships were fired upon, 20 attempted attacks were successfully repelled and 161 ships were boarded. The increase is attributed to an increase in piracy attacks in the Gulf of Guinea and a growing number of armed robberies in the Singapore Strait. Increase in incidents in the Gulf of Guinea Last year, a total of...
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An anticipated Christmas present or the last attempt by a voted-out government to hammer in stakes? Either way, the publication of "Advantage at Sea. Prevailing with Integrated All-Domain Naval Power" a few days before the turn of the year and just four weeks before the handover of office from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Be that as it may, the new US maritime strategy is now the third, after 2007 and 2015, to be drawn up and co-signed by all three maritime branches of the armed forces. The Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard emphasise the self-image of "Warfighting First" - that is nothing less than the perfect...
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