FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Over the past week, 4-7 July two incidents of piracy or armed robbery against ships in Asia was reported to the ReCAAP ISC. Two CAT 4 incidents of armed robbery (AR) against ships in Asia and one CAT 4 piracy incident were reported to ReCAAP ISC. The piracy incident occurred onboard a tugboat and a barge off Pulau Batam, Indonesia, in the South China Sea on 21 June 2026. One AR incident occurred onboard a bulk carrier while at anchor at the Bahodopi Anchorage, Indonesia on 30 June 2026. RelatedNews Fire breaks out on chemical tanker Stolt Magnesium following explosion off Oman Russian strike on Odesa Port kills five after cargo vessel is hit var jnews_module_21378179_0_6a5754a7cdd4b = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21378179","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"86,280,27,54","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_ima