Friday November 4, 2016
A global maritime body has urged foreign vessels to remain vigilant when they transit the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Aden despite no piracy incidents in the waters in the first nine months of 2016.The latest report by the International Chamber of Commerce received on Friday shows zero piracy incident was recorded off the Somali coast except one attempted attack in the Gulf of Aden during the period.The drop in piracy incidents is a relief to shipping companies using the Indian Ocean that had in previous years been the target of pirates. They often paid heavy ransom to secure release of their vessels and crew.