Pirates attack five bulkers in the Singapore Strait
Enhanced vigilance advised for vessels passing the Indonesian island of Bintan.
Five incidents of maritime robbery in the Singapore Strait were reported by the Singapore-based Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP), for the month of June.
ReCAPP said the incidents involved capesize bulkers of New Shipping and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (K Line), along with smaller tonnage operated by Dusung Shipping, Wisdom Marine Lines and NYK Line. All the incidents occurred off the port of Tenjung Pergam on the Indonesia Island of Bintan.
“The perpetrators were sighted in the engine room in three of the five incidents. Engine spares were stolen in two of these incidents. Nothing was stolen in the other three. In all the five incidents, the perpetrators escaped upon being sighted and did not harm the crew,” ReCAAP reported.
