In the second quarter of this year, the high number of pirate attacks on ships worldwide after the significant increase in accidents recorded in the quarter previous. As in the first three months of 2025, also in the period April-June there were 45 attacks, with a increase of +67% on the second quarter of last year. It is The number of ships boarded that in the period April-June of this year there were 42 (22 in the same quarter of 2024), while the number of ships attempted to attack (2) and ships targeted by gunshots (1). On the other hand, it is significantly decreased the number of acts of violence against the crews of the ships having been reported 14 compared to 53 in the second quarter of 2024, including three seafarers taken hostage (50 in the period April-June 2024), three seafarers kidnapped (2), two seafarers injured (0), three seafarers attacked (0) and three threatened (1).

The type of ships most targeted was that of bulk carriers that were involved in 17 accidents (10 in the second quarter of 2024), followed by that of ships tanker with 10 accidents (5), from container ships with seven accidents (5) and other ships with 11 accidents (7).

The Piracy Reporting Centre of the International Maritime Bureau has announced that in the first half of 2025 attacks on ships there were a total of 90 compared to 60 in the first six months last year. A sharp increase in accidents has been recorded in the Singapore Straits where 57 occurred (15), while in the Gulf of Guinea there were 12 (10) and in the waters off Somalia three (8).