World Sea Piracy Dropped in 2011, First Time in Last 5 Years

With news of piracy attacks reverberating in the media the whole of last year, it is hard to believe that the actual Sea Piracy incidences in 2011 dropped when compared to those of last 5 years. This is definitely shocking yet favourable news for the global Shipping industry.
The Piracy report of International Maritime Bureau stated that there were total 439 attacks on ships with 802 crew member taken hostages. This actually dropped from 445 reported cases and 1181 hostages in 2010.

The involvement of international naval forces and security measures taken by the private companies are the two major reasons for the dip in sea piracy crimes. But the Somalia pirates became more aggressive last year as compared to 2010 with reported incident of 237 cases, the number going up from 219 in 2010.
Though the year 2012 is hard to predict as far as Sea piracy is concerned; however, we still have a forecast for you on the International Maritime Piracy claiming a Somalia Free of Sea Pirates announced by EbyanMahamed Salah, ambassador of the Republic of Somalia in India in our free e-book –“Maritime industry in 2012”.