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Information Fusion Centre (IFC) issued its latest infographic, providing a quarterly summary of boarding and attempted boarding incidents in the Singapore Strait as at 1 October 2023.

According to the IFC, one incident took place in Sep 2023; lowest number of incidents recorded in a month since 2019. The incident occurred in the Phillip Channel; no reported confrontation.

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Three actual incidents of armed robbery against ships (one CAT 2, one CAT 3 and one CAT 4) in Asia were reported between 10th – 16th October.

Of the three incidents, one occurred on 24 Aug 23 to a tanker while anchored at Dumai Anchorage, Indonesia. The other two incidents occurred on 14 Oct 23 to a VLCC, and on 16 Oct 23 to a tanker, while they were underway in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS).

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The Philippines Coast Guard (PCG) has reviewed the threat situation and downgraded the threat level of ‘Abduction of crew for ransom in the Sulu-Celebes Seas’ from ‘MODERATE’ to ‘MODERATE LOW’.

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A Russian Government Order that is restricting the entry of Ukrainian nationals into Russia, as of today has come into force.