Recent reports show that from January until June this year, 56 cases of piracy had taken place in the Malacca Strait. Of this number, 21 were cases of suspected piracy, 22 were attempted piracies ...

July 3, 2014: The international effort to suppress Somali piracy halted and reversed the increased piracy off the coast of Somalia but at the same time there has been a major increase in attacks in ...

he spike in maritime piracy incidents over the last three months in the Strait of Malacca, one of the world’s busiest commercial sea-lanes, is alarming at a time of simmering tensions in the ...

The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP)’s half-yearly report also notes that the area continues to be one of concern, with 41 incidents ...

a Japanese tugboat and barge were being attacked by a dozen pirates armed with AK-47s and rocket launchers.The 154-man crew aboard the barge Kuroshio was frantic. As the vessel churned slowly ...

Unfortunately, this region, and this narrow stretch of water, is increasingly susceptible to vulnerability such as geopolitical events, military conflict, piracy, and the effects of climate change. A ...

However, the agency’s director-general said it has not received reports of a piracy incident in Pantai Remis adding that security in the Straits of Malacca remains under control. Admiral Datuk ...

The other big problem in the years preceding the tsunami was rampant piracy along the northern tip of Sumatra and the entrance to the Straits of Malacca. In 2004, in the months leading up to the ...

China has been moving to reduce the potential impact of blockades by turning its navy into a blue water force and ...