Cargo insurers create new piracy danger area

摘要

The powerful London insurance market's Joint Cargo Committee (JCC) has raised the piracy threat level in the Malacca Strait and South China Sea off the coast of Malaysia after a recent spate of attacks on tankers. While the number of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia has continued to fall, cargo insurers have raised the risk levels for the Malay Peninsula amid fears that a sophisticated syndicate of gangs is now operating in the region. This comes after three attacks in the space of six months, sparking fears of highly organised gangs targeting vessels.