Category: Security policy

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...