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Decrease of the actions of piracy against the ships
In the first half of the 2016 they have been 89, the minimal level from 1995
July 26, 2016
In the first semester of this year the number of attacks or of attempts of assault of the pirates to the ships it is come down to the minimal level from 1995. In the first six months of 2016 in fact - the International Maritime Bureau (IMB has announced) - 98 happened incidents regarding 134 in the first half of 2015 have happened and against respective 234 and 196 incidents recorded in the first semester of 2003 and in the first semester of 2010, years in which the level is reached record with very 445 attacks happened in total in the 12 months.
In the first semester of the 2016 pirates they have boarded 72 ships (106 in the first half of 2015); five ships are seized (13) and 12 have been object of attempt of attack (15). Moreover in the first six months of this year marine ones regarding 250 in the first half of 2015 are taken hostage altogether 64.
"This decrease of world-wide piracy - the director of the IMB, Pottengal Mukundan has commented - represents an encouraging news. Two main factors have been the recent improvement of the situation in the area of Indonesia and the maintenance of the measures of deterrence in confronts of the pirates somalis in East Africa. However, since the danger of piracy is still anticipates, in particular to the wide one of the Somalia and in the Gulf of Guinea - it has emphasized Mukundan - the ships must continue to maintain the vigilance and security measures and to communicate all attack to it".
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