In the first quarter of 2026, the world only 16 acts of piracy against ships, the most low for this time of year since 1991. The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) of the International Chamber of Commerce has made I note that in 14 of these incidents there was boarding of ships compared to 37 ships boarded in the first quarter of 2025, while one ship was seized (4) and one was the subject of an attempted attack (4). Over the course of of the accidents, one seafarer was injured (1) and two were injured were taken hostage (37).

In the period January-March of this year it is noticeably in particular, the number of attacks against ships decreased tank and against bulk carriers, with one and eight respectively accidents compared to 13 and 17 in the same quarter of 2025. In attacks against container carriers also decreased, three compared to the six of the first quarter of last year, and against the ships of other type, four compared to nine. In addition, if in Somali waters There were two accidents compared to three in the first quarter of 2025, those that occurred in the Gulf of Guinea (one compared to seven) and the Singapore Straits (eight compared to 31).