SPICA SERVICES (S) PTE LTD , our correspondents in Singapore, has provided us with the following information:

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We attach hereto a recent announcement following a number of piracy attacks on vessels in the Singapore Straits, on the night of 21st and 22nd August.

Whilst there have been a number of attacks on smaller, slow moving coastal tankers with low freeboards, carrying Bunker and Petrochemical Products recently, these latest attacks differ as they were perpetrated on larger vessels that were underway in the Singapore Straits at the time and appear to have been intended to enable petty thefts, rather than the wholesale theft of cargoes.

Ship operators may wish to advise their Officers and Crew to be extra vigilant.

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Piracy-Incident-Alert-SOMS-22-Aug-15.pdf

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