On the evening of 11 March, a Russian ballistic missile strike targeted the Odessa sea trade port in Ukraine. The attack resulted in the deaths of four crew members aboard bulk carrier MJ Pinar.
A piracy incident involving the asphalt/bitumen tanker Bitu River was reported on 17th March. The vessel was boarded by five armed pirates off the coast of São Tomé and Príncipe.
Three incidents of robbery against tugs and barges in the Singapore and Malacca Strait have underscored concern over the rising number of boardings in the key waterway.
Concerns over a resurgence in piracy off Somalia have heightened this year with a series of hijacking of dhows which could be used as motherships for attacks on larger merchant vessels.
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