Piracy incidents along Straits of Malacca and Singapore surge in 2019

Piracy has surged this year along Southeast Asia’s Straits of Malacca and Singapore, one of the world’s busiest trade routes, according to a watch group that tracks maritime security.Incidents along the shipping route rose from eight last year to 30 this year, according to data from ReCAAP ISC, a piracy information group with 20 member nations, mostly in Asia.That’s the highest figure since 2015, when 104 incidents were recorded, according to the group’s data.ReCAAP, also known as Regional…