FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Over the past week, 2-8 June, two (one CAT 3 and one CAT 4) incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia were reported to the ReCAAP ISC. The two armed robbery incidents occurred in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore (SOMS) on 05 Jun 2026. The first incident took place 1.9 nm off Pulau Cula, Indonesia at 0228 hrs involving a bulk carrier. Three perpetrators were involved, not armed, the crew was not injured, and nothing was stolen, categorised as CAT 4. The second incident occurred 2.3 nm off Pulau Cula, Indonesia at 0352 hrs, also involving a bulk carrier with three perpetrators who were armed with knives and a gun-like object. The crew was not injured, but service kits and a DG turbo charger were stolen, and the incident was categorised as CAT 3. RelatedNews Houthis threaten attacks against Israel-linked vessels in the Red Sea Drone explodes in Black Sea port of Constanța var jnews_module_21375045_0_6a27ec34268e4 = {"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":"21375045","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"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":"