As per a report released by Dryad maritime, Gulf of Guinea saw an 18% reduction in maritime crimes incidents compared to year 2013. Out of these incidents only two of the incidents occurred in the 12 Nautical miles from Nigerian coast.

In the Horn of Africa, there were only two confirmed attacks on MVs transiting the high risk area (HRA) of the Indian Ocean. This is the lowest level of pirate activity in more than 15 years as per the report.

Somali piracy has also seen to be decreased drastically mainly because of continued presence of coalition forces and extensive use of best management practices (BMP 4).

Incidents in South east Asia is different though.  South east Asia has seen 21% increase in reported maritime crime across the region when compared to the figures for2013, which is 214 incidents compared to 177 in previous year, majority of which were reported to be within 150 nautical mile of Singapore. Major concern has been western Singapore Strait, which has seen 80% increase in robberies, attempted robberies and vessel boardings during 2014.

Report also warns to avoid any complacency that might emerge from this encouraging picture as the year ahead could pose new challenges.

Source: www.dryadmaritime.com

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