In the first nine months of 2024, there were 79 piracy against ships, a number that represents a decrease in -20% on the same period last year and - specified today the Piracy Reporting Centre of the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) - is the lowest since 1994. In addition, this year the lowest number of accidents occurred in third quarter when 19 were announced, -44% less compared to the third quarter of 2023.

In particular, in the third quarter of this year, 16 ships were were boarded by pirates (28 in the third quarter of 2023), and one has been the subject of an attempted attack (5). The typology of ships that in the period July-September 2024 suffered the The largest number of attacks was that of bulk carriers with ten accidents (16), while tankers recorded two accidents (8) and the other type ships seven (8). They were not container ships attacked, units that in the third quarter of 2023 had suffered two assaults. Over the course of the 19 accidents, four ships were seized (1), 26 seafarers (33) were taken hostage and one seafarer was (5).

In the first nine months of 2024, 62 ships were boarded (85 in the same period of 2023), six were seized (3), nine were attacked (9) and two were hit by pirate weapons (2). The IMB highlighted that the degree of violence towards the crew members of the ships, however, remained high, with 111 seafarers taken hostage (69), 11 seafarers kidnapped (14) and three threatened (8).

Among the areas at greatest risk of piracy, in the first nine months This year, the growth trend of the accidents occurred in the Indonesian archipelago where they were 17 reported compared to 12 in the same period of 2023 and nine of 2022. In the Gulf of Guinea, 12 incidents were reported, the number since 1996, while eight were reported in the waters off Somalia and the Gulf of Aden. In addition, in the first nine months of 2024 accidents in the Singapore Straits fell to 23 compared to 33 in the corresponding period of 2015. last year.