Pirates (re)come to the Red Sea
(B2) Who observes piracy attentively, will be able to notice a shift in recent days of piracy, not towards the south, but towards the north, in the Red Sea. Where warships are not deployed. On Sunday, a Japanese chemical tanker flying the flag of the Philippines was attacked by two skiffs. The “first time”, for several weeks, specifies the Headquarters of Atalanta. On Monday, in the early morning, it was a Greek tanker, flying the Liberian flag, which succeeded in thwarting an attack by using its fire hoses in particular. from the north" or the "Yemeni strip"...
Less success for pirates? We can also notice that if the rhythm of the attacks follow one another, the "thwarts" are more numerous and the "successes"
- captured boats - pirates have decreased significantly in recent days. To conclude that the decline is sustainable, it is probably too early. But, at Atalanta HQ in Northwood, this result is explained by the implementation by merchant ships of more effective measures to counter pirates.
