Incidents Against Ships In The Eastbound Lane Of Singapore Strait
The incidents of armed robbery against ships continued to occur to ships while underway in the Singapore Strait. During 25 –29 Jan 21, three incidents were reported on board ships while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Singapore Strait. The three incidents occurred in close proximity to each other and in particular, two incidents occurred within an interval of four hours. In all three incidents, the perpetrators were sighted in the engine room. However, nothing was reported stolen and the crew was safe with no confrontation with the perpetrators.