FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Over the past week, 19-25 May, one incident of piracy or armed robbery against ships in Asia was reported to the ReCAAP ISC. One CAT 2 incident of armed robbery against ships2 in Asia was reported to the ReCAAP ISC. The incident occurred onboard a container ship while at anchor at Chittagong Outer Anchorage, Bangladesh on 7 May 2026. About eight to ten perpetrators armed with long knives boarded the starboard aft deck of the ship and stole 2900 litres of paint. The crew members were not injured. RelatedNews Russia reports magnetic mines found on tanker at Ust-Luga port Windward: Hormuz environment shaped by escalation and de-escalation var jnews_module_21373768_0_6a156e2cb9573 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21373768","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"86,280,27,54","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt