REPORTS ON ACTS OF PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS. Third quarterly report (July to, and including, September 2005)

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1 INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION 4 ALBERT EMBANKMENT LONDON SE1 7SR Telephone: Fax: IMO E Ref. T-MSS/ MSC.4/Cir.76 6 Otober 005 REPORTS ON ACTS OF PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS Third quarterly report (July to, and inluding, September 005) 1 The Maritime Safety Committee, at its sixty-fifth session in May 1995, instruted the Seretariat to issue, as from 31 July 1995, monthly reports of all inidents of piray 1 and armed robbery against ships reported to the Organization and, in addition and on a quarterly basis, omposite reports aompanied by an analysis, on a regional basis, of the situation and an indiation whether the frequeny of inidents was inreasing or dereasing and advising on any new feature or pattern of signifiane. Further and as instruted by the Committee (MSC 75/4, paragraph 18.41), the Seretariat has, sine July 00, started lassifying separately any reported inidents of piray and armed robbery at sea (international or territorial waters) vis-à-vis ats of armed robbery allegedly ommitted in port areas, as well as attempted ats of armed robbery. Annexed hereto is a omposite report overing all reported inidents of piray and armed robbery against ships whih ourred between 1 July and the end of September 005, and a regional analysis thereof, inluding a distintion between ats of piray, ats of armed robbery against ships and attempted attaks. 1 Piray is defined in the 198 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) (artile 101) as follows: Piray onsists of any of the following ats: (a) any illegal ats of violene or detention, or any at of depredation, ommitted for private ends by the rew or the passengers of a private ship or a private airraft, and direted: (i) on the high seas, against another ship or airraft, or against persons or property on board suh ship or airraft; (ii) against a ship, airraft, persons or property in a plae outside the jurisdition of any State; (b) any at of voluntary partiipation in the operation of a ship or of an airraft with knowledge of fats making it a pirate ship or airraft; () any at initing or of intentionally failitating an at desribed in subparagraph (a) or (b). Armed robbery against ships is defined in the draft Code of Pratie for the Investigation of the Crimes of Piray and Armed Robbery Against Ships (resolution A.9(), Annex, paragraph.) as follows: Armed robbery against ships means any unlawful at of violene or detention or any at of depredation, or threat thereof, other than an at of piray, direted against a ship or against persons or property on board suh ship, within a State s jurisdition over suh offenes. I:\CIRC\MSC\04\76.do

2 MSC.4/Cir The areas most affeted over the period under review were, one again, South China Sea (5 inidents, up from 3 ompared with the last quarterly report), East Afria (17 inidents, up from 8 reported last quarter), in the Indian Oean there has been an inrease in the number of inidents (13 inidents, up from 7), West Afria (10 inidents, up from 6 reported last quarter), South Ameria (10 inidents in total, 6 inidents in the Caribbean Sea area, 3 inidents in the Paifi and 1 inident in the Atlanti Oean areas, 4 up from the total reported last quarter) and the Malaa Strait (3 inidents, down from 7). Most of the attaks were reported in port areas while the ships were at anhor or on berth. 4 During the period under review, the fate of eleven rew members is unknown, 7 rew members were held hostage/kidnapped, 15 rew members were assaulted, 7 rew members were injured, and 1 ship and tugs/barges were hijaked/missing. In several of the inidents reported, the rew were violently assaulted/attaked by individuals or groups of two to ten persons arrying guns or knives. 5 The total number of ats of piray and armed robbery against ships so far reported to the Organization is 3,9 out of whih 78 ourred during the third quarter of 005. Of these 78 reported ats, 5 onstituted alleged attempted attaks. *** I:\CIRC\MSC\04\76.do

3 ANNEX 1 MSC.4/Cir.76 REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF REPORTS ON ACTS OF PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS WHICH WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 005 Malaa Strait FAR EAST AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA South China Sea Indian Oean East Afria West Afria Atlanti Caribbean Paifi Loation of inident In international waters In territorial waters In port areas Status of ship when attaked Steaming At anhor or on berth Not stated Number of persons involved in the attak 1-4 persons persons More than 10 persons Not stated 9 3 Consequenes to the rew Atual violene used against rew Threat of violene (inluding rew being tied up but not physially attaked) Ship missing Ship hijaked 3 None/not stated Weapons used by attakers Guns Knives Other None/Not stated 13 5 Parts of the ship raided Master and rew aommodation 1 1 Cargo area Store rooms Engine room Not stated 1 Total number of inidents reported per areas Total number of inidents reported 53 ***

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5 ANNEX MSC.4/Cir.76 REGIONAL ANALYSIS OF REPORTS ON ACTS OF PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS WHICH WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 005 FAR EAST AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA Malaa Strait South China Sea Indian Oean East Afria West Afria Atlanti Caribbean Paifi Loation of inident In international waters 9 In territorial waters In port areas 1 1 Status of ship when attaked Steaming 15 At anhor or on berth Not stated Number of persons involved in the attak 1-4 persons 5-10 persons 1 8 More than 10 persons 1 Not stated 1 4 Consequenes to the rew Atual violene used against rew Threat of violene (inluding rew being tied up but not physially attaked) Ship missing Ship hijaked None/not stated Weapons used by attakers Guns Knives 1 1 Other None/Not stated Parts of the ship raided Not boarded 4 15 Total number of inidents reported per areas 4 15 Total number of inidents reported 5 ***

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7 MSC.4/Cir.76 ANNEX 3 SOUTH CHINA SEA AND MALACCA STRAIT Preise loation unknown Preise loation unknown 4 Ho Chi Minh Preise loation unknown Tanjung Pengelih Port Tanjung Baru Anhorage Dumai Inner Anhorage Singapore Straits Preise loation unknown 3 Tanjung Priok Anhorage Off Bangka Island Balikpapan Anhorage Jakarta Anhorage Preise loation unknown Surabaya Port Pulau Laut Anhorage Allegedly ommitted ats of piray and armed robbery against ships Allegedly attempted ats of piray and armed robbery against ships

8 MSC.4/Cir.76 ANNEX 3 Page INDIAN OCEAN AND EAST AFRICA Preise loation unknown Southern Red Sea Off Kutubdia Island Chittagong Anhorage 4 Preise loation unknown Southern tip of Red Sea Gulf of Aden 3 Off Caluula Cohin Port Chennai Outer Anhorage Ennore Anhorage 7 Off East Coast of Som alia Dar es Salaam Mahajanga Port Allegedly ommitted ats of piray and armed robbery against ships Allegedly attempted ats of piray and armed robbery against ships

9 MSC.4/Cir.76 ANNEX 3 Page 3 WEST AFRICA Lagos Anhorage 4 Abidjan Anhorage Off Abidjan 3 Off Lagos Esravos Anhorage Allegedly ommitted ats of piray and armed robbery against ships Allegedly attempted ats of piray and armed robberyd against ships

10 MSC.4/Cir.76 ANNEX 3 Page 4 SOUTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN 3 Kingston Anhorage Laguna Grande Georgetown Port 3 Call ao Anhorage Allegedly ommitted ats of piray and armed robbery against ships Allegedly attempted ats of piray and armed robbery against ships ***

11 ANNEX 4 MSC.4/Cir.76 ACTS OF PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY AGAINST SHIPS WHICH WERE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED OR ATTEMPTED DURING THE THIRD QUARTER OF OO5 0 ACTS ALLEGEDLY COMMITTED July August September South Ameria (Pa.) South Ameria (Car.) South Ameria (Atl.) West Afria East Afria Indian Oean Malaa Strait South China Sea Total ACTS ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED Total South China Sea Malaa Strait Indian Oean East Afria West Afria South Ameria (Car.) July August September South Ameria (Pa.)