So far this year ships have been boarded in 78 cases and 31 vessels have been hijacked, with 561 crew taken hostage, 19 injured and 6 killed, the bureau said in its quarterly report.

国际海事局在季度报告中称，到目前为止，被波及的78船只中，31艘被骑劫，561人被扣押为人质，19人受伤以及6人死亡。

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The bureau also reckons that, as ships take more precautions, the pirates' success rate will drop.

海洋组织预估随着船只警觉性提高，海盗成功的手的机会将会下降。

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Local maritime bureau sent rescue ships and helicopters to search for them.

当地海事局随后派出救助船及直升机前往事故水域搜救。

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At the time the Bureau of Ships, which was in charge of building ships, had a thousand bureaucrats.

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The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) estimates that 53 ships were hijacked worldwide in 2010 and says a record 1, 181 hostages were taken.

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They currently hold 17 vessels and are estimated to have attacked more than 90 ships in the region so far this year, according to the International Maritime Bureau's Piracy Reporting Center, which monitors piracy around the world.

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