Cruise asked the passengers to switch off the light when the ship entered Hot Spot in pirates

• Cunards Queen Anne Cruise Ship increased his security and at the same time navigated from piracy calls.
• The passengers were instructed to avoid the deck overnight, pull their curtains and switch off their lights.
• Cunard said it was a standard procedure when sailing in certain waters.

Passengers on board Cunards Queen Anne Cruise Ship was advised to take precautions last week as 114,000 tons The ship navigated during his Jungfrau world trip in Southeast Asia in a piracy-prone area.

On the 111-night trip, which began in Germany in January, the ship drove between Darwin, Australia and Manila in the Philippines last week and drove through the Sulu-Celebes-sea.

Before navigating through the water, which the International Center for Terrorism Control once referred to as the “breeding ground for crime, piracy and terrorism”, the captain published a security warning on board.

In a video of a loudspeaker announcement to the passengers that Cunard had not contested, the captain informed the passengers that the ship would operate to an “increased level of security” while crossing an area for piracy threats.

As part of these security measures, the passengers were informed about the loudspeaker that the external promenade decks would be closed overnight and that only essential open-deck lights would continue to be switched on in order to minimize the visibility of the ship.

The passengers were also asked to switch off their cabin lights if they are not needed and keep their curtains pulled.

The queen Anne is Cunard’s fourth luxury cruise ship. It offers space for 2,996 guests and 1,225 crew members and has thousands of works of art on board as well as facilities for activities such as archery and pickle ball.

The water between Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines was once notorious for the kidnapping for Ransom incidents, especially for the Abu Sayyaf group, a jihadist militant and pirate group.

Between the end of 2016 and mid -2022, the ships were recommended to avoid the area, whereby the RecaAP information exchange center, which pursues piracy in Asia, considers the risk of kidnapping to be high.

No kidnapping incidents have been reported in the region in the region since January 2020, and the level of threat was downgraded to “low” in January 2025.

While attacks on cruise ships are rare, they are not unknown. In 2009, Somali pirates tried to climb the MSC melody near the Seychelles. The passengers threw tables and cover chairs overboard before the pistol fire brought the pirates to retreat.

Pirates usually aim at oil tankers and container ships than on cruise ships. A spokesman for Cunard said, however, that it was a standard procedure in certain areas.

“As part of the standard procedures for Maritime, our captains can make announcements as a precaution when sailing through certain regions,” the spokesman told Business Insider.

They added: “There was no specific threat to the ship or its guests, and our experience in board remained continuous.”