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More pirate attacks expected in Singapore Strait this year amid Ukraine war, report says
- Frequency of piracy, sea robberies to rise in rest of 2022 as economic issues bite, according to ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute report
- Attacks in the Singapore Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, have risen significantly since 2019
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Piracy and sea robberies (PSR) are likely to rise in Southeast Asia in the second half of this year due to economic issues from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a recent report by a Singapore government-affiliated think tank.
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The Singapore Strait, one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes, remains the most serious PSR black spots, with the number of attacks there having increased significantly since late 2019, according to report author Ian Storey, a senior fellow at the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute.
There were 36 incidents in Southeast Asia in the first six months of 2022, compared to 35 attacks during the same period in 2021 and 47 in 2020, according to piracy information group ReCAAP-ISC.
The 100km Singapore Strait, where more than 100,000 vessels carrying billions of dollars in commodities and goods pass through every year, saw 27 incidents in the first six months of this year, all in Indonesian waters. This was up from 20 in the same period last year.
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