Kitack Lim, secretary general of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), expressed his organisation’s concern over the rise in robberies against ships transiting the Singapore Strait.
Speaking at a piracy conference organised by the Singapore-based Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) on Tuesday, Lim said this increase in the number of incidents in the Singapore Strait is of great concern, and reminded the shipping industry not to become complacent and “lose sight of the serious challenges posed by piracy and armed robbery”.
