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Decided decrease of the number of it attacks of the pirates to the ships
In the first six months of the 2012 they have been 177 regarding 266 in the first half last year
July 17, 2012
In the first semester of this year the number of the assaults of the pirates to the ships is diminished remarkablly coming down to 177, with a bending of 33.5% regarding 266 attacks happened in the first half of 2011. Communicating such data, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has explained that the decided decrease is determined by the reduction of the activity of the pirates somalis, that partially is compensated by a worrisome increase of the incidents in the Gulf of Guinea.
In the first six months of the 2012 they have been altogether the 20 ships seized from the taken pirates with 334 marine ones hostage. Moreover boardings to 80 ships have happened, 25 ships have been object of firearm blows and are recorded 52 attempts of attack. In the course of such incidents marine ones are killed at least four.
It attacks attributed to the pirates somalis have been 69 regarding 163 in the first semester last year. Moreover the pirates smaller somalis have seized a number of ships: 13 regarding 21. Al 30 last June was the 11 ships under seizure by these pirates, that they have kidnapped 218 marine ones, 44 of which stopped to earth in resorts hostage disowned. According to the report of the IMB, such reduction of the activity of piracy somali is consequence of the activity of international the naval force in the area, that it includes the destruction of the ships mother of the pirates and their groups of assault. "The actions of the naval forces - it has observed the director of the IMB, Pottengal Mukundan - carry out an essential role in preventing the activity of the not sussiste pirates and alternative to the follow-up of their presence".
In the first semester of this year in the Gulf of Guinea, instead, the number of attacks has grown considerably: 32 incidents (included six seizures of ships) regarding 25 in the first half of 2011 have happened. In Nigeria 17 are recorded attack regarding the correspondents are last year, while in Indonesia 32 incidents regarding precedence 21 have happened.
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In the first semester of this year the number of the assaults of the pirates to the ships is diminished remarkablly coming down to 177, with a bending of 33.5% regarding 266 attacks happened in the first half of 2011. Communicating such data, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has explained that the decided decrease is determined by the reduction of the activity of the pirates somalis, that partially is compensated by a worrisome increase of the incidents in the Gulf of Guinea.
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