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In the third quarter, piracy against ships decreased by -17%
In the first nine months of 2020, there were 132 (up 11%)
October 14, 2020
In the first nine months of 2020, there were a global 132 accidents, an increase of 11% compared to 119 piracy in the corresponding period last year. To make them 44 tankers, 34 bulk carriers, 20 container carriers and 34 ships of other types. Boarded ships are 112 (95 in the third quarter of 2019), those subject to attempted assault 12 (10), those subjected to gunshots 6 (10) and those seized 2 (4). 85 seafarers were injured (70), those injured 7 (6) plus six seafarers threatened and five assaulted.
The increase was particularly substantial (40%) acts of piracy occurred in the first nine months of this year in the Gulf of Guinea where there were 14 assaults on ships and where -- he warned the International Maritime Bureau -- pirates are well organized and target all types of ships in an area of wide-ranging.
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In the first nine months of 2020, there were a global 132 accidents, an increase of 11% compared to 119 piracy in the corresponding period last year. To make them 44 tankers, 34 bulk carriers, 20 container carriers and 34 ships of other types. Boarded ships are 112 (95 in the third quarter of 2019), those subject to attempted assault 12 (10), those subjected to gunshots 6 (10) and those seized 2 (4). 85 seafarers were injured (70), those injured 7 (6) plus six seafarers threatened and five assaulted.
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