SINGAPORE, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Three bulk carriers were robbed in the Singapore Strait earlier this week, a Singapore-based regional maritime security centre on Friday.
One of the busiest commercial waterways in the world has seen a spike in piracy in recent years.
The incidents of "petty crime" happened between Aug 8-9, when the ships were in the Phillip Channel in the Singapore Strait, said the Information Fusion Centre, which is a regional facility hosted by the Singapore navy.
One of the ships was flagged to Cyprus, while the other two carried Liberia flags, the centre said in a statement.
"Majority of the incidents involved bulk carriers, and tugs and barges with low freeboard and slow speed while underway, and the incidents occurred in hours of darkness," it said.
Persons:
Xinghui Kok, Kanupriya Kapoor
Organizations:
Information Fusion, Singapore, Thomson
Locations:
SINGAPORE, Singapore, Cyprus, Liberia, India, Indonesia, South Korea