Month: April 2019
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Two Foreign Workers Kidnapped From Nigerian Oil Rig
April 27: A Canadian and a Scottish oil worker were kidnapped by armed men off a rig in Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta over the weekend, a military spokesperson told CNN […]
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Port Lafiteau Temporarily Closed Amid Investigation of Falsified Customs Slips in Haiti
April 27: The strike of employees of Haiti’s ministry of trade and industry (MCI) and the temporary closure this week of the Port of Lafiteau have adversely affected the textile sector, according to Georges […]
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Air Strike Hits Tripoli As Eastern Libyan Forces Send Warship to Ras Lanuf Oil Port
April 27: Air strikes hit the Libyan capital late on Saturday as eastern forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar pursued a three-week campaign to take Tripoli and also confirmed for the […]
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April 30 Strike Action Could Impact Argentinian Ports
April 25: Initial reports indicate that a strike action scheduled for April 30 in Argentina is likely to impact port operations. Source: Agricensus
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Trucker Strike Threat Stokes Brazil Shipper Fears
April 25: Shippers in Brazil are becoming increasingly nervous as truckers in the South American country contemplate another strike over a lack of enforcement of a state-mandated pricing table designed […]
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2,202 Kilos of Cocaine Seized at Callao Port, Peru
April 23: Police and Customs officers seized 1,851 brick-shaped packages of cocaine in the port of Callao this week, weighing a total of 2,202 kilos. The drugs were found aboard a Liberian-registered […]
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Theft Aboard Bulk Carrier at Callao Anchorage, Peru
April 26: 0700 UTC: Posn: 12:01S – 077:13W, Callao Anchorage, Peru. Unnoticed, robbers boarded an anchored bulk carrier and escaped with ship’s stores. The theft was noticed by the duty […]
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Robbery at Puerto La Cruz Anchorage, Venezuela
April 26: Posn: 10:17.0N – 064:42.2W, Puerto La Cruz Anchorage, Venezuela.Duty Officer noticed on the CCTV one unauthorised person on the forecastle and raised the alarm. Hearing the alerted crew […]
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Attempted Robbery at Lagos Anchorage
April 24: Posn: 06:20.3N – 003:20.5E, Lagos Anchorage, Nigeria.Three robbers in a small craft approached and boarded an anchored tanker. Duty AB on routine rounds noticed the robbers near the […]
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Pirates Behind Attacks off Somalia Apr 19-21 Captured; 23 Hostages Released
Apr 23: The capture of a Yemeni dhow off the Somalian coast [on April 19] was all that initially went right for a suspected pirate gang. Four days later they […]
