FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Over the past week, 12-18 May, one incident of piracy or armed robbery against ships in Asia was reported to the ReCAAP ISC. One CAT 3 incident of armed robbery against ships in Asia was reported to ReCAAP ISC. The incident occurred onboard a bulk carrier while sailing in the Straits of Malacca & Singapore on 13 May 2026. The perpetrator, armed with a knife, attempted to threaten the engine room watchkeeping staff, who ran away and secured himself in the engine control room. The crew members were not injured, and nothing was stolen. RelatedNews Windward: Hormuz is no longer a transit corridor but a tanker queue IMO Annual Piracy Report: 171 incidents incidents during 2025 var jnews_module_21373300_0_6a0d7bf66b8e6 = {"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":"21373300","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":