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103 Tanah Merah Coast Road #02-01, Singapore 498750 [email protected] +65 6594 5734 www.ifc.org.sg +65 6594 5705 http://bit.ly/Information_Fusion_Centre IFC MONTHLY MAP Jul 2020 RELEASEABLE TO MARITIME INDUSTRY MARSEC Incidents in IFC AOI Number of Incidents (2018-2020) 300 250 188 200 173 169 165 131 150 126 115 100 50 0 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2018 2019 2020 TOTAL July July July 2020 2020 2019 2018 Theft, Robbery and Piracy at Sea (TRAPS) 6 64 9 8 Maritime Terrorism (MT) 0 2 0 0 Maritime Incident (MI) 71 476 77 83 Illegal, Unreported & Unregulated Fishing (IUU) 67 307 53 33 Contraband Smuggling (CS) 31 171 26 25 Irregular Human Migration (IHM) 13 56 4 7 Others 0 0 2 1 Total Number 188 1076 171 157 RELEASEABLE TO MARITIME INDUSTRY Theft, Robbery and Piracy At Sea – Maritime Terrorism (TRAPS-MT) Number of Incidents (2018-2020) Location of Incidents Observations 16 • IFC recorded six TRAPS incidents (Sea Theft (3), Attempted Action (3)) in 14 Jul 2020. The number of incidents were lower than in Jul 2019 (9) and Jul 14 2018 (8) and the lowest incidents recorded for this year so far. 12 11 11 • Four incidents occurred while the vessels were underway and two incidents 10 while the vessel either anchored or berthed. Four of the incidents occurred 10 during Period of Darkness (PoD). 8 7 7 6 • Three incidents were recorded in the Singapore Strait in July, bringing the 6 total number of incidents occurred in Singapore Strait to 22 in 2020. Two Sea Theft incidents occurred onboard underway reefer vessel and bulk 4 carrier respectively in the eastbound lane of TSS during PoD. The last 2 incident prior to these occurred on 28 Jun. Spares were reported stolen in both incidents. These incidents showed a shift of incident location toward 0 furthest east of the strait on the northwest of Bintan Island. Meanwhile, one JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC Attempted Action occurred towards a tug with barge in the westbound lane of TSS, off Tanjung Piai heading to Singapore during daylight. It was the 2018 2019 2020 first incident recorded in the westbound lane of TSS in Singapore Strait for this year. • A Sea Theft incident occurred onboard an anchored container ship in Incident Type (Last 12 months) Type of Vessel Attacked Manila Anchorage, Philippines during PoD. It was the fifth incidents onboard container ships out of seven total incidents in the area this year. 16 15 14 The bosun and paint stores padlocks were broken and several ship stores 15 Container Ship 1 14 reported stolen. The last recorded incident in this area was on 13 Jun 20. 13 12 11 11 • An Attempted Action occurred onboard an offshore support vessel while 10 10 10 Reefer Vessel 1 11 9 9 berthed at Kakinada Port, India during PoD. It was the fourth incidents in 10 the area, the third incidents involving offshore support vessel but the first 9 7 7 incident recorded onboard a berthed vessel in the area. The perpetrators 8 Tug and Barge 1 7 6 assessed climbed the jetty fender from under the quay to a blind spot on 6 the main deck area of the vessel. The perpetrators jumped overboard when 5 Bulk Carrier 1 alarm sounded. No injury to the crew and no item reported stolen. The last 4 recorded incident in this area was on 28 Feb 20. 3 2 1 Tanker 1 • An Attempted Action occurred off Natuna Island, Indonesia on an 0 underway tanker during daylight. Two boats with approximately four to six crew were sighted. One of the boat attempted to come alongside and Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- Jul- Offshore Support 1 board the tanker. Seeing the approaching boat, the vessel made evasive 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 Vessel manoeuvres and directed the Aldis lights towards the boat resulting in the Suspicious Activity/ Approach Attempted Actions boat aborting and moving away. It has been the first incident off Natuna Sea Theft Sea Robbery 0 1 2 Island, Indonesia since 2016. Kidnap-Hijack/ Piracy/ Attack MT Number of Attacked Vessel Total Maritime Incidents (MI) Number of Maritime Incidents Location of Incidents Observations • 71 maritime incidents were reported for Jul 20 which is 6% 120 lower than what was recorded in Jul 2019 with 77 incidents and 14% lower than what was recorded in Jul 2018 with 83 100 84 incidents. 80 vessels were involved, 33 (41%) are registered 78 vessels (fishing vessel, passenger vessels, tug & barge, 80 68 69 71 tankers, airplane, bulk carriers and other ships). 47 (59%) are 56 unregistered vessels (dredger, tanker, government vessels, 60 50 small boats, speed boats and fishing vessels). 40 • 6 Collision incidents were reported involving 5 registered and 7 unregistered vessels. Causes for all of the incidents are still 20 unknown. Vessels involved similar to Jun 20 are cargo ships and fishing vessels. Three of the incidents eventually lead to 0 sinking. JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2018 2019 2020 • Of the 8 Grounding incidents recorded, 3 were due to bad weather while the rest were due to engine failure, miscalculation and unknown. 6 registered (cargo ship and tug) and 2 Types of Maritime Incident Monthly Death/ Missing Toll: unregistered (local passenger and unknown) were involved. Nr of SAR: 35 JUL : 33 • 23 Sinking or Capsizing incidents were reported involving 6 SUNK-CAPSIZED Nr of MEDEVAC: 4 23 160 142 registered and 20 unregistered vessels mostly due to bad VESSEL DETAINED 9 Nr of Rescued: 284 weather, engine failure, water ingress and still unknown cause. 140 GROUNDING 8 113 Similar to Jun 2020, small boat, tug, cargo and fishing vessels FIRE-EXPLOSION 6 120 101 105 were involved. COLLISION 6 100 MEDEVAC 5 74 • 9 Vessels were Detained due to maritime safety violations, MECHANICAL FAILURE 5 80 64 55 51 unauthorized activity, illegal sand dreading, invalid documents MISSING 4 49 60 and illegal STS. Similar to last month, dredger, tug, fishing VIOLENT CONFRONTATION 3 33 40 27 vessels, tanker and small boats were involved. OTHERS 3 17 10 OIL SPILL 2 20 • 6 Fire-Explosion incidents recorded, 1 was due to electrical MOB 2 0 WORK ACCIDENT 1 failure while the rest are still unknown. 4 Registered and 2 AVIATION INCIDENT 1 Unregistered vessels were recorded. ALLISION 1 • The number of Deaths (18) is exactly the same with previous SEAFARERS FISHERMEN OTHER SEA USERS TOTAL 0 5 10 15 20 25 month (18) and lower than Jul 2019 (51). RELEASEABLE TO OPCEN Illegal, Unreported & Unregulated Fishing (IUU Fishing) Number of Incidents (2018-2020) Locations of Incidents Observations 90 • There were 67 IUU fishing incidents reported in Jul 20, 80 67 which is 103% (34) and 26.4% (14) higher than in the 70 same period respectively in 2018 (33) and 2019 (53). The 60 52 54 incidents number this month was 24.1% (13) higher than 50 43 Jun 20 (54). 40 34 33 30 24 • This increased is likely due to the intensive maritime 20 border control operations during COVID-19 pandemic, 10 especially by Sri Lanka, Philippines, Indonesia, as well as 0 measures taken by Malaysia to resume detaining foreign JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC fishing vessels encroaching Malaysian Waters. LOCAL (44) Local 2018 2019 2020 POACHING (23) • The number of local IUU fishing incidents recorded in Jul 20 (44) has increased compared to the figures recorded in Illegal Practices by Local Vessels or Licensed Foreign Jun 2020 (40), Jul 2019 (37) and Jul 2018 (25) Vessels respectively. (Countries shown here represent the location of the vessels involved) • 79.5% (35) of the reported local IUU Fishing incidents occurred in the waters of Sri Lanka and Philippines. Poaching 20.5% (9) SRI LANKA • The number of IUU fishing incidents involving poaching 47.7% PHILIPPINES recorded in Jul 2020 (23) has increased dramatically 31.8% (21) compared to the figures recorded in Jun 2020 (14), Jul MALAYSIA 2019 (15) and Jul 2018 (8) respectively. (14) • 91.3% (21) of the reported poaching incidents were by Vietnamese fishing vessels. • 69.6% (16) of the reported poaching incidents occurred in Malaysian waters. RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Contraband Smuggling (CS) Number of Incidents (2018 - 2020) Observations 60 The number of incidents reported this month is higher than those reported during the same period in 2019 and 2018, 50 but is lower than June 2020. 40 36 Drugs : 12 incidents • Two incidents in Indonesia – 157.4 Kg meth and 29 31 30 Ecstasy (40,000 pills) 22 21 18 • Malaysia seized two incidents of meth (8.2 Kg) and 20 14 one of Cannabis (230 Kg), smuggled from Malaysia. 10 • Vietnam seized 40 Kg meth from a container destined for ROK. 0 • Four seizures of Cannabis in Sri Lanka (684.3 Kg). JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC • Two incidents of adrift cannabis seizure off India near Gujrat coast. 2018 2019 2020 Tobacco : 9 incidents • Five seizures were reported in the Philiphines; three in Type of Drug Malaysia of cigarettes. One incident of beedi leaves Types of Contraband seizure was reported in India. Domestic Products : 4 incidents DRUGS • One incident was reported in China involving smuggling 6% (2) 3% (1) 8% (1) of electronics and cosmetics from Macau, One incident 8% (1) each of seizure of liquor was reported in Malaysia and TOBACCO Indonesia.