Month: April 2019
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IMB: Piracy Incidents Fall But Kidnapping Threat Persists in Gulf of Guinea
April 08: Fewer incidents of piracy and armed robbery at sea were reported in the first three months of 2019, but risk of kidnappings continue to pose a threat to […]
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US Imposes Sanctions on Venezuelan Oil Shipments to Cuba
April 05:The US Treasury Department imposed a new round of sanctions targeting Venezuela’s oil industry on Friday. The measures identified 34 vessels owned by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA as “blocked property” […]
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Battle for Tripoli Escalates as Fighting Nears Libyan Capital
April 07: On 5 April 2019, unconfirmed reports emerged which indicate that unrecognized Libyan National Army (LNA) forces advanced into Tripoli along multiple axes of approach. The reporting indicates that […]
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UK FCO Updates Advice Warning of Strike in Anglophone Cameroon
April 05: The U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) issued updated travel advice for Cameroon, which reads in part as follows: “Armed separatists have announced an extended general strike in […]
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Theft At Takoradi Anchorage
March 29: On the 29th March at 02:36 UTC, three people boarded an MV (name withheld) at Takoradi port anchorage in Ghana. As soon as they were spotted by the […]
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AMATO Threatens Strike As Nigerian Customs Moves to Auction Seized Trucks
April 03: The Association of Maritime Truck Owners (AMATO) has threatened to order its members to withdraw their services from the port over plans by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) […]
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Limassol Port’s Trailer Truck Drivers Strike
April 04: Trailer truck drivers that transfer containers to and from Limassol port went on a warning strike on Thursday arguing that the port’s operators cause delays in servicing them. […]
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Over 9m Pills of Narcotics Seized at Libyan Port of Al-Khoms
March 26: Libyan customs on Tuesday seized more than 9 million narcotic pills inside containers at the port of Al-Khoms in, western Libya. “Customs and inspection officials at the port […]
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645kg Marijuana Seized En Route from Haiti to Dominican Republic
March 30: Early Saturday morning, the Dominican Navy seized 645 kg of marijuana distributed in 151 packages, that 4 individuals tried to enter the Dominican territory aboard a boat about […]
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16 Passengers Aboard Cruise Ship Arrested for Cocaine Smuggling in Santos Port
March 27: Brazilian Federal Police arrested 16 passengers of the Costa Favolosa cruise ship carrying a total of 360 kilos of cocaine in their luggage (each with between 16 and […]
