2013_Annual_IMB_Piracy_Report教材.pdf

ICC INTERNATIONAL MARITIME BUREAU



PIRACY AND ARMED ROBBERY


AGAINST SHIPS



REPORT FOR THE PERIOD



1 January – 31 December 2013


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January 2014
ICC IMB Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships – 2013 Annual Report
INTRODUCTION


The ICC International Maritime Bureau (IMB) is a specialised division of the International Chamber merce
(ICC). The IMB is a non-profit anisation, established in 1981 to act as a focal point in the fight against
all types of maritime crime and malpractice. The International anization (IMO) in its resolution A
504 (XII) (5) and (9) adopted on 20 November 1981, has inter alia, urged governments, all interests and
organization to co-operate and exchange information with each other and the IMB with a view to maintaining and
developing a coordinated action bating maritime fraud.

This report is an analysis of world-wide reported incidents of piracy and armed robbery against ships from 1
January to 31 December 2013.

Outrage in the shipping industry at the alarming growth in piracy prompted the creation of the IMB Piracy
Reporting Centre (PRC) in October 1992 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The key services of the PRC are:

 Issuing daily status reports on piracy and armed robbery to ships via broadcasts on the Inmarsat-C
service
 Reporting piracy and armed robbery at sea incidents to law enforcement, s and the IMO
 Helping local law enforcement apprehend pirates and assi