The report analyzes the human and economic impacts of maritime piracy and robbery at sea in the Western Indian Ocean Region, the Gulf of Guinea, Asia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Pirate activity in 2017 clearly demonstrates that pirate groups retain their ability to organize and implement attacks against ships transiting the region,” says Maisie Pigeon, the report’s lead author.
Incidents in this maritime space have posed an additional threat to shipping transiting the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.
“There is now a wide range of threats to shipping near the Horn of Africa that have been complicated by the conflict and instability in Yemen,” says Phil Belcher, Marine Director of Intertanko.
“We are advising our members to consider a more comprehensive security assessment to take into account other threats beyond traditional piracy emanating from the regional conflict in Yemen.”
The report shows that there were 54 incidents in 2017 in the region, out of which four were successful hijackings. These included Aris 13 bunkering tanker, the first vessel to be hijacked in the region in the last 5 years, Asayr 2, Al Kausar and one dhow. The report also indicated that there were 15 failed hijacking attacks.
根據One Earth Future（OEF）海洋海盜計劃, 今天公佈的年度海盜狀況報告，2017年與2016年相比，東非海岸海盜事件數量增漲一倍。
該報告分析了西印度洋地區，幾內亞灣，亞洲，拉丁美洲和加勒比地區的海上海盜和搶劫行為對人類和經濟的影響。
“2017年的海盜活動清楚地表明，海盜團體仍然有能力組織和實施針對經過該地區的船隻的攻擊行為，”該報告的主要作者Maisie Pigeon說。
這個海域的事件對通過亞丁灣和紅海的航運構成了額外的威脅。
Intertanko海事總監Phil Belcher表示：“非洲之角附近的航運面臨著各種各樣的威脅，這些威脅因葉門的衝突和不穩定而變得複雜。
“我們建議我們的成員考慮進行更全面的安全評估，以考慮源於葉門地區衝突的傳統海盜活動以外的其他威脅。”
報告顯示，該地區2017年共發生54起事件，其中4起是成功劫持事件。其中包括Aris 13燃油船，這是過去5年裡該地區第一艘被劫持的船隻，Asayr 2，Al Kausar和一艘帆船。該報告還表示，有15次劫持攻擊失敗。
Image Courtesy: Unitar / Imformation Source: World Maritime News Staff
