35 th Shared Awareness Meeting 15 July 2020 Introduction and Area - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

35th Shared Awareness Meeting

15 July 2020

Introduction and Area of Interest Brief

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Welcome Speech SLTC Gary Ow, Head IFC

Mission

To collect and sense-make White Shipping information in its Area of Interest, in order to produce accurate, reliable, impartial and actionable Maritime Security (MARSEC) information for OPCENs and the shipping community, to achieve Safe and Secure Seas for All.

IFC remains committed to provide MARSEC updates to our partners

IFC 10th Anniversary Commemoration and IFC Portal 2.0 Launch (14 May 2019)

Maritime Information Sharing Exercise 2019

• Navies and Coast Guards from

36 Countries worldwide

• More than

20 OPCENs online

• 20 shipping association

and companies

• INTERPOL and UNODC

Close partnership with shipping industry to access shipping information and industry insights

IFC’s Shared Awareness Meeting (Large attendance of shipping representatives)

SSA Executive Director (centre) appointed as IFC’s first Shipping Industry Advisor to enhance further collaboration

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Provide MARSEC advisories through extensive IFC’s outreach efforts

Safe and Secure Seas for All

35th Shared Awareness Meeting

15 July 2020

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IFC HALF YEARLY AOI BRIEF

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RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• From Jan-Jun 2020, IFC recorded a total
• f 59 TRAPS and MT Incidents:
• 57 x TRAPS
• 2 x MT
• The highest number of TRAPS-MT incidents

in the same period within the last 3 years

• TRAPS incidents:
• Sea Theft – 37 (62.71%)
• Attempted Actions – 15 (25.42%)
• Sea Robbery – 3 (5.08%)
• Piracy – 1 (1.69%)
• Suspicious Approach – 1 (1.69%)
• MT incidents: 2 (3.39%)
• Most attacked vessels:
• Tanker (32.31%)
• Bulk Carrier (24.62%)
• Tug and Barge (7.69%)
• Government Vessel (7.69%)

Theft, Robbery and Piracy At Sea (TRAPS) and Maritime Terrorism (MT) Jan - Jun 2020

21 16 5 5 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 1

Incidents By Type Of Vessel

Tanker Bulk Carrier Government Vessel Tug and Barge Container Ship Drilling Rig /Offshore Support Vessel Tug Fishing Vessel/Trawler Pump Boat / Small Boat Pleasure Craft Dead Vessel Cargo Vessel

1 15 37 3 1 2

Type Of Incidents In 2020

Suspicious Activity/ Approach Attempted Actions Sea Theft Sea Robbery Kidnap-Hijack/ Piracy/ Attack MT 9 10 10 9 9 15 11 11 7 10 14 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Incident Type (Last 12 months)

Suspicious Activity/ Approach Attempted Actions Sea Theft Sea Robbery Kidnap-Hijack/ Piracy/ Attack MT Total 11 11 7 10 14 6 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Number of Incidents (2018-2020)

2018 2019 2020 Total incidents (Jan - Jun): (53) (35) (59)

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• The level of violence is categorized into

different levels LOW/MED/HIGH

• Areas of Major Concerns (Incidents):
• Alang Anchorage (3)
• Kakinada Anchorage (3)
• Chattogram Port and Approaches (4)
• Belawan Port and Anchorage (3)
• Singapore Strait and Approaches (19)
• Sunda Strait and Approaches (3)
• Muara Berau Anchorage (3)
• Manila Anchorage (5)
• Muara Berau (Indonesia), Kakinada and

Alang (India), Chattogram (Bangladesh) anchorages and approaches had an increase in numbers compared to previous years, but still with a low level of violence (or

• ccasional for Chattogram)
• Singapore

Strait and Approaches considered as high volume and observed

• ccasional levels of violence
• Remaining Areas of Major Concerns tend to

involve low volume and violence

Theft, Robbery and Piracy At Sea (TRAPS) Jan - Jun 2020

Sea Theft Sea Robbery Attempted Actions Suspicious Approach Kidnap-Hijack/Piracy/Attack Maritime Terrorism

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• 3 Incidents:
• 3 x Sea Theft
• All incidents during POD and while

anchored.

• Perpetrators were observed to steal ship’s

spares and operate in group of 4 to 5 using dinghy boat

• Most

targeted towed vessel waiting for demolition

Alang Anchorage, India Jan - Jun 2020

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS

Observations

• 3 Incidents:
• 3 x Sea Theft
• All incidents during POD and while at

anchored.

• Perpetrators were observed to steal ship’s

stores such as mooring ropes

• Tanker

and Offshore Support Vessels targeted

Kakinada Anchorage, India Jan - Jun 2020

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• 4 Incidents:
• 1 x Sea Robbery
• 3 x Sea Theft
• 3 incidents during POD and while at

anchored.

• An incident during daylight and while

underway

• One incident involves perpetrators armed

with knives, however in all cases, no confrontation and injury to the crew were reported

• Most targeted Tugs and Barges
• Stolen items including rigging equipment,

portable batteries, mooring ropes and shackles.

Chattogram Port and Approaches, Bangladesh Jan - Jun 2020

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• 3 Incidents:
• 2 x Sea Theft
• 1 x Attempted Action
• All incidents during POD
• 2 incidents while at anchored and
• ne incident while berth at Port
• No confrontation and injury to the crew were

reported in all cases

• Most targeted Tankers and stealing small

items such as fire hose nozzles

Belawan Port and Anchorage, Indonesia Jan - Jun 2020

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• 19 incidents:
• (17: POD, 2: daylight)
• (3

while anchored, 16 while underway)

• As compared to 2019, trend shifted from

westbound lane to eastbound lane (at the centre to eastern of Singapore Strait)

• Westbound lane of TSS:
• One

incident South

• f

Tg Piai targeted underway Tug

• Eastbound lane of TSS:
• Targeted

Tug and Barge during daylight

• Targeted Bulk Carriers and Tankers

during PoD

• 3 incidents involved anchored vessel off

Batam

• Indonesian

authorities have arrested 8 perpetrators onboard vessels and detained 2 boats loaded with stolen items involved in Sea Theft/Sea Robbery

• Refer to IFC Analyst Journal 1/20 for more

information

Singapore Strait and Approaches Jan - Jun 2020

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• 3 Incidents:
• 2 x Sea Theft
• 1 x Attempted Action
• All incidents during POD and while at

anchored

• No confrontation or injury to the crew were

reported in all cases

• All

cases targeted Tankers, aiming the machinery room and machinery spares were reported stolen

Sunda Strait and Approaches Jan - Jun 2020

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• 3 Incidents:
• 2 x Sea Theft
• 1 x Attempted Action
• All incidents during POD and while at

anchored

• No confrontation and injury to the crew were

reported in all cases

• All cases targeted Bulk Carrier and stole

ship’s stores

Muara Berau Anchorage, Indonesia Jan - Jun 2020

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• 5 Incidents:
• 4 x Sea Theft
• 1 x Attempted Action
• All incidents transpired during POD
• No confrontation and injury to the crew were

reported in all cases

• Three targeted Container ships, one incident

targeted a Cargo ship, one incident targeted Tanker, and all had stolen small items reported.

Manila Anchorage, Philippines Jan - Jun 2020

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• Incident’s similarities:
• All the incidents occurred during PoD
• Vessel

targeted while anchored

• r

berthed

• Perpetrators boarded the vessels to

the forecastle deck and targeted the ship’s Bosun Stores

• Items such as rigging equipment and

ropes were reported stolen.

• No confrontation and injury to the crew were

reported in all cases

Other Areas Within IFC AOI with Similar Incident Profile Jan - Jun 2020

Vung Tau Anchorage, Vietnam Taboneo Anchorage, Indonesia Campha Anchorage, Vietnam

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• 2 x MT incidents
• Kidnapping

for ransom by ASG in Pulau Tambisan, Sabah

• f

5 Indonesian fishermen, 16 Jan 20

• Bombing incident claimed by ISIS in

Alif Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives,14 Apr 20

Maritime Terrorism Jan - Jun 2020

Maritime Terrorism

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• 547 vessels were involved in these incidents:
• 189 (35%) Registered vessels
• 358 (65%) Unregistered.
• Some of the noted Maritime Incidents for

2020:

• 40 Collision Incidents
• 28 Vessel Grounding
• 98 Sunk or Capsized
• 67 Detained Vessels
• 8 Violent Confrontation
• Out of the total Maritime Incidents recorded:
• 2613 Rescued
• 244 Missing
• 95 Dead

Maritime Incidents Jan – Jun 2020

68 56 84 78 50 61 20 40 60 80 100 120 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Number of Maritime Incidents

2018 2019 2020 48 32 45 49 26 31 9 6 5 14 8 3 10 20 30 40 50 60 JAN 20 FEB 20 MAR 20 APR 20 MAY 20 JUN 20

SAR and MEDEVAC Operations

SAR Number MEDEVAC Number 160, 29% 144, 26% 91, 17% 49, 9% 43, 8% 28, 5% 17, 3% 13, 3% 2, 0%

Types of Vessels

FISHING VESSEL OTHER VESSELS CONTAINER/ CARGO SHIPS PASSENGER VESSELS TANKERS BULK CARRIER TUGS AND/OR BARGES GOVERNMENT VESSELS

2 20 6 4 3 11 8 6 30 17 5 39 7 75 15 84 2 5

20 40 60 80 100 120 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN

Dead and Missing Persons Per Month

DEAD/ MISSING SEAFARERS DEAD/ MISSING FISHERMEN DEAD/ MISSING OTHER SEA USERS

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• From Jan to Jun 20, IFC recorded 135

incidents.

• A significant decrease from 2019

(208) and lower than 2018 (156).

• Drugs Smuggling.
• From 53 drug smuggling incidents, 19

incidents each were

• f

methamphetamine and cannabis.

• Sri Lankan authorities made multiple

seizures from stateless vessels in the high seas.

• Hong Kong authorities seized 217 Kg

cocaine hidden in an aircraft engine, in a container shipped from Ecuador.

• Domestic Product Smuggling.
• Spike in the seizures of frozen meat in

Hong Kong.

• Wildlife Products Smuggling.
• Hong

Kong customs seized approximately 34.5 tonnes of donkey skin, sea cucumber and shark fin in containers.

• Two containers from Ecuador, with 26

tonnes shark fin seized in Hong Kong.

• Malaysia customs seized 6,160 Kg of

pangolins scales in a container. (156) (208) (135)

Jan to Jun

39% (53) 18% (24)

15% (21)

13% (18)

9% (13)

5% (7) 1%(1)

Type of Contraband

DRUGS TOBACCO DOMESTIC PRODUCTS FUEL NATURAL RESOURCES WILDLIFE OTHERS

33% (19) 33% (19) 11% (6)

5% (3) 5% (3) 4% (3) 2% (1) 2%(1) 5% (3)

Category of Drugs

METH CANNABIS HEROIN HASHISH ECSTACY COCAINE KETAMINE STIMULANT UNKNOWN/UNSPE CIFIED 14 18 22 21 29 31 10 20 30 40 50 60 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Number of Incidents (2018 - 2020) 2018 2019 2020

Contraband Smuggling Jan – Jun 2020

Total: 135 incidents

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• Between Jan to Jun 2020, IFC recorded 234 IUU

incidents, which represents an increase from 172 incidents in 2018, decreases from 296 incidents in 2019 over the same periods. (increases by 36% from 2018, decrease by 20.9% from 2019)

• The outbreak of the COVID-19 in China and nearby

countries could have impacted the statistics in 2020

• Most incidents occurred in the Philippine, Sri

Lanka, and Indonesia’s waters.

• Most incidents in Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia

are caused by poaching, while the main causes are Illegal Local Practices in Sri Lanka and the Philippines,

• Poaching:

Vietnamese fishing vessels actively conducted fishing in several countries’ water, especially in Jun 2020. Stringent enforcement by local authorities resulted in the large numbers of apprehension.

• Many foreign vessels involved in IUU fishing within

Malaysia’s waters from mid-Mar to mid-Jun were recorded and turned away due to COVID-19 concerns.

• Illegal Local Practices: The pro-activeness of the

Philippines and Sri Lankan authorities have resulted in high numbers of IUU incidents recorded.

34 24 52 43 33 48 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

2018 2019 2020 Number of Incidents (2018-2020) Type of Incidents

POACHING BY FOREIGN VESSEL LOCAL ILLEGAL PRACTICE

22.6% (53 incidents) 77.4% (181 incidents)

Total: 234 incidents

108 62 24 15 13 5 4 1 1 1 20 40 60 80 100 120

Philippines Sri Lanka Indonesia Malaysia Thailand India ROK Brunei Bangladesh PNG

Area of Incidents Location of Incidents

TOTAL (234) POACHING (53) LOCAL (181)

Illegal, Unregulated, Unreported Fishing

Jan – Jun 2020

RELEASEABLE TO OPCENS Observations

• Between Jan to Jun 2020, IFC recorded 42

IHM incidents: Human Smuggling (34), Human Trafficking (5) and Human Exploitation (3).

• Number
• f

migrants intercepted: The largest number of migrants were Rohingya (1,836), followed by Indonesian migrants (354), Filipino migrants (98), Vietnamese migrants (42), Myanmar migrants (33), Chinese migrants (18), Indian migrants (3) and Bangladeshi migrants (2). Nationalities remain unknown for 6 migrants.

• The IHM activities from Jan – Jun 2020

were influenced by several factors:

• Seeking of economic and employment
• pportunities.
• COVID-19 measures and restrictions.
• Adverse weather conditions.
• Human smuggling networks that took

advantage of the large number of migrants willing to take risks in search

• f a better life as legal channels of

migration became limited/absent.

• Issues related to statelessness and

conflict for the Rohingya.

Number of Migrants Intercepted Location of Incidents Nationality/Ethnicity of Migrants Number of Incidents

Irregular Human Migration

Jan – Jun 2020

2 289 53 1,164 147 737 10 7 14 4 6 1

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