IFC Monthly MARSEC Report Map Aug 2017 · Fishing Vessel/ Malaysia 11 Aug/ One Local Cargo Boat, Four Foreign Fishermen/ Illegal Fishing/ Malaysia 24 Aug/ Recreational Incident (One

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Aug 2017

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provide the shipping industry with a graphic situational awareness review of

the eight maritime threats monitored by the IFC in its Area of Interest.

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IFC AOI – MARSEC EVENTS AUGUST 2017

August 2017 TOTAL

2017

AUG

2016

AUG

2015

Piracy / Sea Robbery 63 11 35

IUU Fishing 279 38 38

Irregular Human Migration 47 6 10

Maritime Incident 432 68 53

Contraband Trafficking 236 32 24

Maritime Terrorism 7 0 0

Others 12 0 0

5

39

7

70

29

0

0

50

100

150

200

250

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

TOTAL NUMBER OF INCIDENTS BY MONTH

2017 2016 2015

2


TRAPS & MT - August Executive Summary

KEY EVENTS :

- A sea theft and a foiled attempt occurred while the vessels were at anchor within the vicinity of Manila South Harbor. The

incidents were identically perpetrated by a group of 5 unidentified person that attacks between 0100 to 0400 local time onboard a

motorized pump boat. 2 perpetrators conduct the looting activity, using the hawse pipe as point of entry, while the 3 remaining

are on stand-by for vessel-boat loot transfer assistance.

- No Maritime Terrorism incident was recorded for the past 5 months, which can be attributed to the series of coordinated police

and military operations conducted by the Governments in the region.

0

10

20

30

40


Number of Incidents this Month

2015 2016 2017

0 1 2 3 4

TANKER

TUG&BARGE

CONTAINER SHIP

SUPPLY/OFFSHOREVESSEL

BULK CARRIER

FISHING VESSEL

Type of Attacked Vessels

NUMBER OF ATTACKED VESSELS

0

5

10

15

20

Incidents for the last 12 months

SUSPICIOUS APPROACH ATTEMPTED ACTIONS SEA THEFT

SEA ROBBERY PIRACY/KIDNAP/HIJACK TOTAL INCIDENTS

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

MANILA SOUTH HARBOR

EAST BORNEO

MALACCA/ SINGAPORE STRAITS

Type of Incidents and Location

PIRACY/HIJACK SEA ROBBERY SEA THEFT ATTEMPTED ACTION SUSPICIOUS APPROACH


Irregular Human Migration - August Executive Summary

KEY EVENTS :

22 Aug - The Western Fleet Quick Response (WFQR) unit from the Batam Navy Base in Riau Islands

intercepted 27 workers undocumented on a small boat attempted to enter Malaysia, one was a 2-

month-old infant.

- The team was still investigating whether the boy belonged to one of the workers or was part of a

child-trafficking ring.

0

5

10

15

20

25

30


NUMBER OF INCIDENTS PER MONTH

2015 2016 2017

113 50

113 95

388

62 71 115

0100200300400500

NUMBER OF MIGRANTS INTERCEPTED

2

3

1 1

0

0.5

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

INDONESIA EAST SABAH SRI LANKA AUSTRALIA

Incident / Area


IUU Fishing - August Executive Summary

Type of Incidents

POACHING

LOCAL ILLEGALPRACTICE

51 % 49 %

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70


2015 2016 2017


Illegal Practices by Local Vessel

INDIA

MALAYSIA

PHILIPPINES

PNG

SRI LANKA

45 %

15 %

5 %

5 %

30 %

KEY EVENTS : - The numbers in some areas may be attributed to the stringent preventive measures undertaken

by the local authorites as well as active reporting of the incidents by resident media.


Maritime Incidents - AUGUST Executive Summary

KEY EVENTS : • 5th and 6th Collision in the Singapore Straits for the year 2017 (17/08: Tanker vs Bulk Carrier ; 21/08:

Warship vs Tanker).

• Multiple vessels have been grounded or sunk due to typhoon Hato (23/08) or Pakhar (27/08).

• A violent confrontation(28/08) in the straits of Makassar witnessed fishermen throwing rocks and

cocktail molotov at a dredging vessel in operation close to their fishing grounds.

0

20

40

60

80


NUMBER OF INCIDENTS PER MONTH

2015 2016 2017

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18

SANK / CAPSIZED

COLLISION

GROUNDING

ACCIDENT …

VIOLENT CONFRONTATION

SAR OPERATIONS

UNAUTHORIZED ACTIVITY

RECREATIONAL INCIDENT

TYPE OF EVENTS

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14 EVENTS LOCATION

0

20

40

60

80

100

120

140

160

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG

MONTHLY DEATH TOLL AUGUST : 101

FISHERMEN SEAFARERS OTHER SEA USER


Contraband Trafficking - August Executive Summary

Notes: • The numbers in some areas may be attributed to the stringent preventive measures undertaken by the local

authorites as well as active reporting of the incidents by resident media.

• There was a marked reduction in reported drug seizures during this month (5 incidents) compared to

last month(13 incidents)

• 18 Aug 17 - A second seizure of meth (40 kg) happened in Indonesia almost a month after the last

biggest meth seizure (1000 kg) of South Asia on 13 Jul 17

• 21 Aug - MMEA Finds RM 3.32 million in cash stashed in boat considered as the biggest cash haul of

this year.

0

10

20

30

40

50

60



2015 2016 2017

18%

22%

21%

11%

14% 14%

Type of Product DRUGS

WILDLIFE

DOMESTICPRODUCTSNATURALRESOURCESCIGARETTES

FUEL

40%

20%

20%

20%

Category of Drugs

CANNABIS

HEROIN

METH

YABA


MALACCA STRAIT

Sea Robbery /

Kidnap Piracy / Hijacking /

Kidnap

Non Piracy, Sea Robbery or Sea Theft

Verification in progress

Refer to contents within

box

INCIDENT DESCRIPTION KEY

Attempted Boarding, Sea Robbery/Theft

Sea Theft

X

Maritime Terrorism (MT)

+ +ve info on MT

30 Aug/ Incident/ Engine Failure/

Bulk Carrier/ Indonesia

12 Aug/ Unauthorised Activity/

Illegal Anchoring/ Dredger/

Malaysia

31 Aug/ Recreational Incident/

One Drowned/ Malaysia

04 Aug/ One Foreign Fishing

Vessel, Seven Foreign

Fishermen Arrested/ Illegal

Fishing/ Malaysia

13 Aug/ Unauthorised Activity/

Sand Dumping/ Dredger/

Malaysia

18 Aug/ Drug Smuggling/

Methamphetamines/ Indonesia

24 Aug/ Goods Smuggling/

Charcoal/ Malaysia


SINGAPORE STRAIT

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

15 Aug/ Tobacco

Smuggling/ Cigarettes/

Singapore 17 Aug/ Collision/ Chemical

Tanker vs Bulk Carrier/

Malaysia

21 Aug/ Collision/ Warship

Vs Tanker/ Singapore


Oil/ Singapore

Attempted Sea Robbery

Type: Bulk Carrier

POSN: Lat: 1° 7'35.40"N,

Long: 103°45'22.20"E

Date: 21 Aug

Sea Theft

Type: Oil tanker

POSN: Lat: 1°24'0.00"N,

Long: 104°32'60.00"E

Date: 03 Aug

(Not reported to local port

authorities)

22 Aug/ 27 Migrants from

Indonesia/ Indonesia

09 Aug/ Food Smuggling/

Flour/ Indonesia

28 Aug/ 29 Migrants from

Indonesia/ Indonesia


ANDAMAN SEA & GULF OF THAILAND

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

13 Aug/ Incident/ Fire (Two

Dead)/ Fishing Vessel/

Myanmar

27 Aug/ Two Foreign

Fishing Boats, Fifteen

Foreign Fishermen

Arrested/ Illegal Fishing/

Thailand

17 Aug/ Four Foreign

Fishing Boat, 23 Foreign


Fishing/ Thailand

31 Aug/ Recreational

Incident/ One Drowned/

Thailand

27 Aug/ SAR (One

Rescued)/ Thailand

15 Aug/ Tobacco


Thailand

24 Aug/ Unauthorised

Activity/ Illegal Anchoring/

Fishing Tour Boat/ Thailand

29 Aug/ One Foreign

Fishing Boat, Five Foreign

Fishermen Arrested/

Illegal Fishing/ Thailand


Fishing Boats, Six Foreign


Fishing/ Thailand


SOUTH CHINA SEA (1/2)

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

10 Aug/ Two Foreign


Fishermen Arrested/ lIlegal

Fishing/ Malaysia

19 Aug/ One Local Fishing

Vessel, Eight Foreign

Fishermen/ Illegal Fishing/

Malaysia

26 Aug/ One Foreign

Trawler/ Illegal Fishing/

Malaysia

19 Aug/ Two Local Fishing

Vessel, 24 Foreign


Fishing/ Malaysia




Fishing/ Thailand

06 Aug/ Incident/ Engine

Failure (11 Rescued)/

Fishing Boat/ Malaysia

26 Aug / One Foreign

Trawler, Seven Foreign

Fishermen Arrested/

Illegal Fishing/ Brunei

23 Aug/ Two Foreign

Trawlers, 21 Foreign


Fishing/ Malaysia


Vessel, 24 Foreign


Fishing/ Malaysia


Salt/ Indonesia


Vessel, 18 Foreign


Fishing/ Malaysia


Oil/ Malaysia

31 Aug/ Incident/ Explosion

(Two Killed, Three Injured)/

Local Cargo Boat/ Malaysia

29 Aug/ One Foreign

Fishing Vessel, Eight

Foreign Fishermen


Brunei


SOUTH CHINA SEA (2/2)

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT


Cash/ Malaysia


Vessels, 36 Foreign

Fishermen/ Illegal Fishing/

Malaysia


Failure (12 Stranded)/

Fishing Vessel/ Malaysia

11 Aug/ One Local Cargo

Boat, Four Foreign

Fishermen/

Illegal Fishing/ Malaysia


Incident (One Dead)/

Malaysia

28 Aug/ Illegal Immigration/

Malaysia


Oil/ Malaysia 08 Aug/ Capsized (One

Dead, Six Injured, Eight

Rescued)/ Small Ferry

Malaysia

04 Aug/ Capsized (Four

Missing)/ Fishing Boat/

Malaysia

17 Aug/ SAR (One

missing)/ Leisure Craft/

Malaysia

15 Aug/ Collision/ Cargo

Ship vs Fishing Vessel/

Malaysia


Vehicles/ Malaysia

10 Aug/ Two Local Boats,

38 Foreign Fishermen


Malaysia

31 Aug/ Capsized/ Leisure

Craft/ Malaysia


SOUTH CHINA SEA & PHILIPPINES (NORTH)/ PHILIPPINE SEA

(1/2)

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

27 Aug/ Sank/ Cargo Ship/

Hong Kong 29 Aug/ Collision/ Fishing

Boat vs Fishing Boat/

Taiwan

19 Aug/ Collision/ Cargo

Ship vs Cargo Ship/ Taiwan

23 Aug/ Grounding/ General

Cargo/ Hong Kong

23 Aug/ Grounding/ Two

Tankers/ China 14 Aug/ Grounding/ Bulk

Carrier/ Taiwan

Attempted Sea Theft

Type: Container Ship

Psn: Lat: 14°33'12.00"N,

Long: 120°55'0.00"E

Date: 16 Aug

06 Aug/ Sank/ General

Cargo/ Vietnam Sea Theft

Type: Container Ship

Psn: Lat: 14°19'40.44"N,

Long: 120°33'12.60"E

Date: 10 Aug


SOUTH CHINA SEA & PHILIPPINES (NORTH)/ PHILIPPINE SEA

(2/2)

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

03 Aug/ Grounding/

Freighter/ China

15 Aug/ Sank (Nine

Missing)/ Fishing Vessel/

Taiwan

01 Aug/ SAR (One Missing)/

Warship/ Philippines

24 Aug/ Grounding/ Bulk

Carrier/ China

20 Aug/ Incident/ Water

Ingress/ Vietnam

13 Aug/ SAR/ Bulk Carrier/

Philippines


Vessel, 38 Foreign

Fishermen Arrested/

Illegal Fishing/ Philippines

23 Aug/ Sank/ Vietnam


Cars/ Philippines


Incident/ Leisure Craft/

Hong Kong

03 Aug/ Collision/ Tanker vs

Container Ship/ China


EAST CHINA SEA – YELLOW SEA

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

08 Aug/ Sank/ Tanker/ China

26 Aug/ SAR/ Helicopter Crash (Three

Missing)/ Japan

24 Aug/ Incident/ Explosion (One Dead,

One Injured) / Warship/ Japan 20 Aug/ Incident/ Explosion/ Oil Tanker/

South Korea

22 Aug/ Sank (Three Rescued, Three

Missing)/ Barge/ Japan

01 Aug/ Incident/ Adrift/ General Cargo

Ship/ Japan 31 Aug/ Goods Smuggling/ Sugar/

China

30 Aug/ Capsized (Four Killed, Two

Missing)/ Fishing Vessel/ Japan

31 Aug/ Collision (Two Killed, One

Missing)/ Fishing Vessel vs Barge/

South Korea

31 Aug/ Foreign Fishing Vessel/ Illegal

Fishing/ Japan

13 Aug/ Incident/ Fire/ Container Ship/

China


PHILIPPINES & SULU SEA

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

08 Aug/ One Foreign Fishing

Vessel, Ten Foreign Fishermen


Philippines

28 Aug/ Recreational Incident/

One Drowned/ Philippines

10 Aug/ One Local Fishing

boat, Four Local Fishermen


Philippines 20 Aug/ Arrest (Home Made

Fishing Explosive)/ Philippines

15 Aug/ SAR (One Rescued)/

Fishing Vessel/ Philippines



07 Aug/ Incident/ MOB (One

Missing)/ Ferry/ Philippines 09 Aug/ WildlifeSmuggling/

Turtle Eggs/ Malaysia

Attempted Boarding

Type: Chemical Tanker

POSN: Lat: 5°48'0.00"N, Long:

5°48'0.00"N

Date: 14 Aug




CELEBES SEA – NORTH SULAWESI

NORTH MOLUKU ISLANDS

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT


Oil/ Malaysia

08 Aug/ 19 Migrants From

Philippines/ Malaysia

24 Aug/ Tobacco


Malaysia

24 Aug/ Tobacco


Malaysia

19 Aug/ 24 Migrants From

Indonesia/ Malaysia

23 Aug/ SAR (Five Missing)/

Fishing Vessel/ Indonesia


Rattan/ Indonesia


JAVA SEA – MAKASSAR STRAIT – BALI SEA - FLORES SEA

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT


Liquor/ Indonesia

06 Aug/ Grounding/ General

Cargo/ Indonesia

29 Aug/ Collision/ Two Bulk

Carriers vs Tanker/

Indonesia 28 Aug/ Violent

Confrontation/ Dredger vs

Fishing Vessel/ Indonesia

26 Aug/ Grounding/ Cargo

Ship/ Indonesia


ARAFURA SEA – BISMARCK SEA – SOLOMON SEA –

PHILIPPINE SEA (SOUTH) – BANDA SEA

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

12 Aug/ One Local

Fisherman/ Illegal Fishing/

Papua New Guinea

14 Aug/ Wildlife Smuggling/

Sea Cucumber/ Papua New

Guinea

20 Aug/ Five Chinese

Migrants/ Papua New

Guinea


PACIFIC OCEAN - GUAM

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

04 Aug/ Two Local Fishermen

Arrested/ Illegal Fishing/ Guam


SAVU SEA – TIMOR SEA

No Information Available

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT


NORTH BAY OF BENGAL

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

27 Aug/ Grounding/ Cargo

Ship/ Bangladesh

08 Aug/ Missing Wheat/

Bangladesh

02 Aug/ Collision/

Lighterage Ship/

Bangladesh

14 Aug/ Local Motorised

Boat, Six Local Fishermen


India

26 Aug/ Violent

Confrontation/ Fishing

Vessel vs Fishing Vessel /

India


Yaba Pills/ Myanmar

09 Aug/ SAR/ Fishing

Vessel/ Myanmar

31 Aug/ Capsized (19

Rescued)/ River Boat/

Bangladesh


BAY OF BENGAL – INDIAN COAST

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

06 Aug/ Capsized (One Missing)/

Fishing Vessel/ India

24 Aug/ Goods Smuggling/ Red

Sanders Logs/ India

05 Aug/ Capsized (One Missing)/

Fishing Vessel/ India

11 Aug/ SAR/ Fishing Vessel/ India

29 Aug/ SAR (Eight Rescued)/ Fishing

Vessel/ India

21 Aug/ Drug Smuggling/ Heroin/ India

10 Aug/ Wildlife Smuggling/ Sea

Cucumber/ India

04 Aug/ Incident/ Engine Failure (Two

Rescued)/ Yacht/ India

26 Aug/ Collision (Six Rescued)/ Cargo

Ship vs Fishing Vessel/ India

17 Aug/ Wildlife Smuggling/ Sea

Cucumber/ India


SRI LANKA – PALK STRAIT (1/2)

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

08 Aug/ 12 Foreign



Fishing/ Sri Lanka

13 Aug/ One Foreign

Fishing Vessel, Four

Foreign Fishermen

Arrested/ Illegal Fishing/ Sri

Lanka

16 Aug/ One Local Dinghy,

Three Local Fishermen


Lanka


Incident/ Leisure Craft/ Sri

Lanka

09 Aug/ Three Foreign



Fishing/ Sri Lanka

15 Aug/ Four Local Fibre

Glass dinghies, Nine Local


Fishing/ Sri Lanka

Type: Local Dinghies 09 Aug/ Three Local

Dinghies, 12 Local


Fishing/ Sri Lanka


Kerala Cannabis/ Sri Lanka

01 Aug/ Four Local Fishing

Vessels, 12 Local


Fishing/ Sri Lanka

21 Aug/ Three Local

Dinghies, Five Local


Fishing/ Sri Lanka


Kerala Cannabis/ Sri Lanka

15 Aug/ Three Local Fibre

Glass Dinghies, 13 Local


Fishing/ Sri Lanka


Four Local Fishermen


Lanka

14 Aug/ Wildlife Smuggling/

Turtle Meat/ Sri Lanka


Failure (Six Rescued)/

Fishing Vessel/ Sri Lanka

20 Aug/ SAR (One

Rescued)/ Fishing Vessel/

Sri Lanka

10 Aug/ One Local Fibre

Glass Dinghy, Six Local


Fishing/ Sri Lanka


Four Local Fishermen/

Illegal Fishing/ Sri Lanka

11 Aug/ Three Migrants

From India/ Sri Lanka

26 Aug/ SAR (One

Rescued)/ Fishing Vessel/

Sri Lanka


SRI LANKA – PALK STRAIT (2/2)

Sea Robbery /


Kidnap




box



Sea Theft

X


+ +ve info on MT

30 Aug/ One Foreign Fishing Vessel, Four Foreign

Fishermen Arrested/ Illegal Fishing/ Sri Lanka

31 Aug/ SAR (Four Rescued)/ Fishing Vessel/ Sri

Lanka

29 Aug/ Wildlife Smuggling/ Sea Cucumber/ Sri

Lanka

31 Aug/ Two Foreign Fishing Vessels, eight Foreign

Fishermen Arrested/ Illegal Fishing/ Sri Lanka


RECOMMENDATIONS IFC Advises:

1. All mariners to report any incidents timely to the nearest coastal state and to the IFC at the earliest possible time.

2. Ships moving at slow speed or are choosing to remain at anchor in areas where sea robbery/theft is regularly reported should remain vigilant

and adopt necessary and/or added security measures.

3. All mariners to take note on the description of the perpetrators and to take photos of the perpetrators if possible. Where available, CCTV

footage capturing the incident should be provided to the coastal state authorities for follow-on investigation.

4. Shippers and Seafarers operating in Sulu Sea and in vicinity of East Sabah Waters are strongly recommended to be vigilant and to establish

contact with both Malaysian and Philippines Authorities to report their presence. Please refer to IFC Spot Commentary 3/17 for the latest

assessment of the situation in that affected area.

5. Shippers are advised to take note that the threat of terrorist activity in the maritime domain remains a possibility in the region due to ISIS and

the Al-Qaeda. The possibility of this threat was previously quoted in Al-Qaeda’s online magazine “Resurgence”, which called for the disruption of

global trade and shipping through acts of piracy, among other tactics. Shippers are therefore advised to exercise vigilance and to adopt self-

defensive measures as stated in the Regional Guide to Counter Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia, especially when transiting

narrow choke points and areas which are known to have experienced incidents of sea robbery/piracy.

Note: Information herein was derived from various internal and external sources such as Focal Points, OPCENs and other maritime

stakeholders. Seafarers should remain vigilant especially in areas where the threat level is assessed to be of concern in accordance

with the IFC’s Assessments via its Weekly Report or Spot Commentaries. Ships should apply the appropriate security measures (such

as Tugs and Barge Guide, Guide for Tankers Operating in Asia, or Regional Guide to Counter Piracy and Armed Robbery Against

Ships in Asia, and if applicable, BMP4). Ship masters should also be aware and refer to the Maritime Security Charts Q6112 and Q6113,

both published by the UK Hydrographic Office.

The IFC seeks your observations in the course of your normal business. The IFC would like to remind mariners to be mindful of national and

international laws, company and other policy requirements and also health and safety obligations, whilst recording these observations. The

reporting of such events to IFC does not absolve you of your obligations towards coastal/ port/ flag authorities.

CONTACT

In case of any doubt, incident at sea, suspicious approach or unusual observed activity at sea, please contact the IFC Duty Officer:

Email : [email protected]

Tel : +65 9626 8965 (Hotline)

+65 6594 5728 (Office)

Fax : +65 6594 5734


Documents

IFC Monthly MARSEC Report Map Aug 2017 · Fishing Vessel/ Malaysia 11 Aug/ One Local Cargo Boat, Four Foreign Fishermen/ Illegal Fishing/ Malaysia 24 Aug/ Recreational Incident (One