IFC - Information Fusion Centre - MARSEC Weekly Report
- ASKET Operations Team
- Sep 3, 2020
- 2 min read

1. Highlights:
- PIRACY/ROBBERY/MARITIME TERRORISM
9 events reported the previous week (4 sea thefts and 5 attempted actions), including 4 over the period aril/ May/June 2020 (late incident report):
July 31: Attempted actions on a passenger vessel underway in Milne Bay, PNG;
Aug 25: Sea theft on a tanker anchored at Sandakan, Malaysia;
Aug 29: Attempted action on a tanker anchored at Dumai Anchorage, Indonesia;
Aug 29: Attempted action on a Bulk Carrier underway North of Bintan, along eastbound lane of TSS;
Aug 30: Attempted action on a Bulk Carrier while underway North of Bintan, along eastbound lane of TSS;
Apr 4: Sea theft on a Bulk carrier anchored at Taboneo Anchorage, Indonesia;
Apr 29: Sea theft on a Bulk carrier anchored at Taboneo Anchorage, Indonesia;
May 22: Attempted action on a Bulk carrier at Muara Berau Anchorage, Indonesia;
Jun 14: Sea theft on a bulk carrier anchored at Vung Tau Anchorage, Vietnam;
Total events in 2020 : 76 incidents since the beginning of the year in IFC area of responsibility (compared to 56 at the same date in 2019).
Areas of interest:
Singapore Strait: 21 incidents in 2017, 20 in 2018, 45 in 2019 (20 events at this date), 23 in 2020;
Sulu Sea: The threat level has now been downgraded back to normal. Area remains risky. It is advisable to stay away from this area as much as possible or to write/call me before any transit if you absolutely have to transit there;
Following anchorage areas:
Bangladesh: Chittagong;
India: Kakinada, Alang;
Indonesia: Anyer, Batam, Begawan, Belawan, Dumai, Merak, Muara Berau, Panjang, Sandakan, Samarinda, Taboneo and Tanjung Uban;
Philippines: Manila, Bauan/Batangas, General Santos Harbour;
Vietnam: Campha, Ho Chi Minh, Vung Tau.
- MARITIME INCIDENTS
Aug 26: 10 people were reported missing at sea after their boat capsized off Nissan Island, PNG;
Sept 02: One person was found during a search for a cargo ship with 43 people on-board after receiving a distress call from the East China Sea during Typhoon MAYSAK. 42 people are still missing;
Sept 03:
A fire broke out on a tanker about 30 nm South of Sri-Lanka. 22 crew rescued and one crew is dead;
A fire occurred on a fishing vessel and later exploded, causing one dead and one missing crew members in the port of Akita, Japan on 03 Sep 20.
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