Map: ReCAAP ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) has issued an alert over three boardings of vessels this week in the eastbound lane of the Singapore Strait.
The incidents between 25 and 29 January continue a pattern seen last year of ships being boarded by robbers in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) close to the Indonesian islands of Batam and Bintan.
The incidents involved a bulk carrier Ark Royal at 03-25 hrs on 25 January, the bulker Elvia at 22-32 hrs on 28 January, and the general cargo vessel Vantage Wave at 02-21 hrs on 29 January.
“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,” ReCAAP said in the warning.
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