最新情报显示，周五至周六期间的短短30个小时内，新加坡海域有6艘船舶遭遇海盗袭击。
所有事件均发生在新加坡海峡分道通航(Traffic Separation Scheme)海域的东向航道，时间集中在8月21日02:30至8月22日05:35之间。
所涉船舶分别是油轮Advantage Summer轮、Navig8 Stealth轮和Elbtank Denmark轮，散货船Peace Bright轮，以及集装箱船Maersk Lebu轮和Atout轮。
相关的袭击详情出自总部设于新加坡的《亚洲地区反海盗及武装劫船合作协定》(ReCAAP)信息共享中心。
ReCAAP在一份公告中写道，“鉴于事发时间与地点的集中程度，嫌犯有可能出自同一团伙。”
“根据案情描述，嫌犯大概是4到5人一组，持有刀具。他们并不针对特定船舶，而是随机发动袭击。”
“但在船员发现后，他们便弃船逃离。警告拉响之后他们就逃走了，并未携走物品或是攻击船员。”
“现在令人担心的是，他们总是在附近海域徘徊，不断寻找下一个目标。”
ReCAAP认为，应该对这6艘船的船长提出表扬，因为他们及时向新加坡海上搜寻救助培训中心和船舶交通管理信息中心(VTIS)报告此事，并通知了执法部门。
但该组织仍呼吁“所有利益相关者都须齐心协力”，尽自己一份力共同杜绝此类海盗事件。具体措施包括由相关的沿岸国家适时部署巡逻船只并加强附近海域的监测力度等。
“就上述事件得出的教训即是，提高警觉、及早发现疑犯以及遇事立即拉响警报等行为，一般能有效防范海盗登船。”
Singapore piracy blitz
Six vessels were targeted by pirates off Singapore over a period of 30 hours between Friday and Saturday latest intelligence shows.
The incidents all took place in the eastbound lane of the traffic separation scheme between 02:30 on 21 August and 05:35 on 22 August.
The ships involved were the suezmaxAdvantage Summer (built 2010), the 30,040-dwt tanker Navig8 Stealth SV (built 2008), the 37,383-dwt tanker Elbtank Denmark (built 2002), the panamax bulkerPeace Bright (built 2013), the 7,450-teuMaersk Lebu (built 2011) and the 1,702-teuAtout (built 2010).
Details of the attacks came from Singapore-based Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in-Asia (ReCAAP) Information Sharing Centre.
“Considering the close interval of time and proximity of these incidents, the perpetrators could possibly be from the same group,” ReCAAP said in a statement.
“From the description of the incidents, the perpetrators operated in about 4-5 persons, armed with knives and were opportunistic in nature without targeting specific vessels.”
“They aborted boarding when crew was alerted, and escaped empty-handed when the alarm was raised without harming the crew.”
“Of concern was their persistence in ‘hovering’ in the vicinity seeking out their next target.”
ReCAAP said it commends the masters of the six vessels for reporting to the Singapore VTIS who issued the navigational broadcast to mariners, and notified the enforcement agencies.
However, it urged a “collective effort by all stakeholders” to do their part towards eradicating such incidents at sea; including timely deployment of patrol vessels by the relevant littoral states and increase its surveillance in the vicinity.
“From the incidents, enhanced vigilance, early detection of suspicious perpetrators and activation of the alarm immediately are key actions towards preventing boarding,” it added.
