In the event of an incident of piracy or armed robbery, ships are strongly encouraged to report the incident to the nearest coastal state as advocated in the MSC/Circ.623/Rev.3. The agency receiving the report will manage the incident in accordance to its national policies and response procedures, and provide assistance to the victim ship where possible. The agency will, in turn, inform their ReCAAP Focal Point which will submit an incident report to the ReCAAP ISC as well as its neighbouring Focal Points.

Where possible, the ReCAAP Focal Points shall conduct or facilitate post-incident investigation, and manage incidents within their national jurisdiction. The ReCAAP ISC gathers the information from these incident reports for analysis purposes.

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