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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 May 2020 RELEASEABLE TO MARITIME INDUSTRY MARSEC Incidents in IFC AOI Number of Incidents (2018-2020) 300 250 200 169 165 131 150 126 115 100 50 0 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 2018 2019 2020 TOTAL May May May 2020 2020 2019 2018 Theft, Robbery and Piracy at Sea (TRAPS) 14 51 11 9 Maritime Terrorism (MT) 0 2 0 0 Maritime Incident (MI) 50 336 69 43 Illegal, Unreported & Unregulated Fishing (IUU) 33 186 43 31 Contraband Smuggling (CS) 27 102 20 26 Irregular Human Migration (IHM) 7 31 12 6 Others 0 0 1 2 Total Number 131 706 156 117 RELEASEABLE TO MARITIME INDUSTRY Theft, Robbery and Piracy At Sea – Maritime Terrorism (TRAPS-MT) Number of Incidents (2018-2020) Location of Observations • IFC recorded 14 TRAPS incidents (Piracy (1), Sea Robbery (2), Sea Theft 16 Incidents 14 (8), Attempted Action (3)) in May 2020. The number of incidents were 14 significantly higher than the statistic in May 2019 (11) and May 2018 (9). 11 incidents occurred while the vessels were either anchored or 12 11 11 berthed and three while the vessels were underway. Majority of the 10 incidents occurred during Period of Darkness (PoD). 10 • A Piracy incident in the Southern Approach to the South China 8 7 Sea occurred on an anchored tanker. Four perpetrators armed with long 6 knives were sighted onboard. When alarm raised, all of them escaped in a wooden boat. Crew were safe but a handheld radio was reported stolen. 4 • A Sea Robbery incident occurred onboard an underway fishing trawler off 2 Malwan, Maharashtra (India). The perpetrators held the crew hostage and then escaped with stolen fish and navigation equipment in another 0 trawler. Authorities arrested all 16 perpetrators and recovered stolen items JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC the next day. This is the first incident recorded in this particular area. • Two Sea Theft incidents occurred in Muara Berau Anchorage (Indonesia) 2018 2019 2020 during PoD on two bulk carriers, with the same modus operandi. Although no incident was recorded in 2019, a number of incidents occurred in this area in 2016 to 2018. Incident Type (Last 12 months) Type of Vessel Attacked • A Sea Theft incident occurred onboard an anchored pleasure craft off 15 South Sumatra, Indonesia with various navigation and communications 16 14 15 equipment and personal belonging were stolen. The stolen items were 14 Tanker 6 recovered afterwards. It is the first incident recorded in this particular area. 13 11 11 12 10 10 10 • A number of incidents continue to occur in the following Areas of Major 11 9 9 9 Concerns as analysed in last IFC Annual Report: 10 Bulk Carrier 4 9 7 • Singapore Strait and Approaches. A Sea Robbery incident occurred on 8 7 a bulk carrier boarded by five armed men, stealing breathing apparatus 6 4 Fishing Vessel 1 and crew belongings and injuring a ship's crew. An Attempted Action 5 4 transpired at Tg Uban Anchorage, but due to the timely reporting of the 3 incident, the perpetrators were arrested by the authorities. While a Sea 2 Tug 1 Theft incident involving a moving tugboat off Tg Piai is the first incident 1 recorded this year in the Westbound Lane. 15 incidents have been 0 recorded in the whole area since last Jan 2020. Offshore Support Vessel 1 • Sunda Strait and Approaches. Two incidents occurred along the strait on anchored tankers during PoD. In both incidents, perpetrators were Pleasure Craft 1 reported armed with knives. This is the first incident reported this year Suspicious Activity/ Approach Attempted Actions but in 2019, 3 incidents were recorded in this area. Sea Theft Sea Robbery Kidnap-Hijack/ Piracy/ Attack MT 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 • Belawan Port. A Sea Theft incident was reported onboard a tanker Total Number of Attacked Vessel while berthed in Belawan Port during PoD with ship’s stores were RELEASEABLE TO MARITIME INDUSTRY stolen. Maritime Incidents (MI) Number of Maritime Incidents Location of Incidents Observations 120 • 50 maritime incidents were reported for May 20 which is 23% lower than what was recorded in May 2019 with 69 incidents 100 and 2% (2) higher during the same period in May 2018 (48). 84 102 vessels were involved, 26 (25%) are registered vessels 78 (general cargo ships, tankers, bulk carriers and container 80 68 ships), 76 (75%) are unregistered vessels (small boats and 56 fishing vessels). 60 50 • 4 Collision incidents were reported involving 3 registered and 5 40 unregistered vessels. Causes for all of the incidents are still unknown. Vessels involved are similar to Apr 20; cargo, fishing 20 and bulk carrier vessels. 0 • Of the 7 Grounding incidents recorded, most causes are still JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC unknown while the rest were due to bad weather and low tide. 6 registered (cargo ship, fish carrier, container, tanker and bulk 2018 2019 2020 carrier) and 3 unregistered (passenger ferry and fishing vessel) vessels were involved. Nr of SAR: 26 Types of Maritime Incident Monthly Death/ Missing Toll • 15 Sinking or Capsizing incidents were reported involving 4 Nr of MEDEVAC: 8 MAY: 10 registered and 12 unregistered vessels; mostly due to bad Nr of Rescued: 62 weather, water ingress, hull breach, low tide and still unknown SUNK-CAPSIZED 15 160 142 cause. Similar to Apr 2020, small boat, cargo and fishing MEDEVAC 8 140 vessels were involved. VESSEL DETAINED 7 113 120 105 GROUNDING 7 101 100 • 7 Vessels were Detained due to maritime safety violations, MECHANICAL FAILURE 5 unauthorized anchoring and lack of documents. Similar to last 80 74 COLLISION 4 month, fishing vessels, bulk carrier, tanker and small boats were 60 53 49 55 51 involved. OTHERS 3 70 MISSING 2 40 27 17 • 5 Mechanical Failure incidents due to engine failure, broken WORK INCIDENT 20 1 10 mornings, damaged main shaft and bad weather occurring on 3 VIOLENT CONFRONTATION 1 0 Registered (General Cargo and Container) and 2 Unregistered OIL SPILL 1 (Small Boat and Fishing) vessels were recorded. One of the incident eventually lead to the vessel’s sinking. FIRE-EXPLOSION 1 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 SEAFARERS FISHERMEN OTHER SEA USERS TOTAL • The number of Deaths (5) is significantly lower as compared to RELEASEABLE TO OPCEN the previous month April 2020 (37) and in May 2019 (35). RELEASEABLE TO MARITIME INDUSTRY Illegal, Unreported & Unregulated Fishing (IUU Fishing) Number of Incidents (2018-2020) Locations of Incidents Observations 90 80 • There were 33 IUU fishing incidents reported in May 70 20, which is 23% (10) lower and 36.5% (19) lower than in the same period respectively in 2018 (43) and 2019 60 52 50 (52). The incidents number this month was 23% (10) 43 lower than April 20. 40 34 33 30 24 • This decrease is due to larger maritime border control 20 operations especially by Malaysia, Philippines and 10 Indonesia during COVID-19 pandemic period combined 0 with the measures taken by Malaysian authorities to JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC expel the illegal foreign fishing vessel from Malaysian LOCAL (27) waters . 2018 2019 2020 POACHING (6) Local Illegal Practices by Local Vessels or Licensed • The number of local IUU fishing incidents recorded on Foreign Vessels 20 May (27) has decreased compared to the figures (Countries shown here represent the location of the vessels involved) recorded on 20 April (35). 3.7% • 70% of the reported Local IUU Fishing incidents 3.7% (1) occurred in Philippines waters (19). (1) 22.2% PHILIPPINES Poaching (6) SRI LANKA 70.4% • The number of IUU fishing incidents involving poaching recorded for May 20 (6) decreased compared to the (19) INDIA figures recorded respectively in March and April 20 (8), MALAYSIA but decreased significantly compared to May 19 (20). • 66% (4) of the reported Poaching incidents were by Vietnamese fishing vessels. • 50% (3) of the reported Poaching incidents occurred in RELEASEABLE TO MARITIMERELEASEABLE INDUSTRY TO MARITIME INDUSTRY the waters of Indonesia. Contraband Smuggling (CS) Number of Incidents (2018-2020) Locations of Incidents Observations 60 The number of incidents reported this month is higher than Apr 2020 and May 2019, but is similar to May 2018. 50 Drugs : 5 incidents • Hong Kong authorities seized 217 Kg cocaine hidden in an 40 aircraft engine, in a container shipped from Ecuador. 27 • Malaysian authorities foiled three attempts for outward drugs 30 smuggling (in two incidents, Indonesia was reported as 22 21 18 destination). The total contraband included 133 Kg meth and 20 14 31.8 Kg Ecstasy. • India seized 11.4 Kg drugs on land, headed to Sri Lanka from 10 Afghanistan. 0 Tobacco : 6 incidents JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC • Three incidents were reported in Malaysia; one incident each in Singapore, the Philippines and Republic of Korea. 2018 2019 2020 Domestic Products : 7 incidents • Six incidents were reported in Hong Kong. Three involved seizure Types of Contraband Type of Drug of frozen meat totaling 329 tonnes, one incident involved 34 tonnes of Ginseng. 38,000 counterfeit goods being shipped from China to Turkey were also seized. Natural Resources : 3 incidents • Chinese authorities foiled two attempts of smuggling 5,000 tonnes 4%(1) METH each of coal and sea sand, respectively.

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