Month: July 2019
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Additional Stevedore Strike Expected This Week in Sydney, Brisbane, and Fremantle Australia
July 17: Stevedores – locally known as ‘wharfies’ – at key ports around Australia are set to walk off the job from Thursday in a prolonged dispute over automation and […]
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Armed Robbery With Minor Injury Aboard Bulk Carrier Underway Near Pulau Damar, Indonesia
July 21: At approx. 19:25 UTC seven persons armed with a pistol and knives approached the bulk carrier CK BLUEBELL (IMO #IMO9595876) aboard a small coastal patrol boat. They boarded […]
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Robbery and Injury Aboard Anchored Container Ship at Freetown Anchorage, Sierra Leone
July 21: At approx. 02:40 UTC five unauthorized persons, armed with knives, aboard a small wooden craft approached and boarded an anchored container ship using a rope attached with a […]
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Boarding and Cargo Theft Aboard Barge Being Towed Off Tanjung Piai, Malaysia.
July 11: At approx. 02:30 UTC in approx. position 01:13N, 103:31E, six small wooden boats approached an unspecified tug and barge underway. An unspecified number of unauthorised persons boarded the […]
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UAE-Based Oil Tanker Disappears in Iranian Waters in the Strait of Hormuz
July 16: An oil tanker based in the United Arab Emirates is missing after it stopped in Iranian waters three days ago [July 13] and switched off its transponder, raising […]
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MSC Gayane Released on $50 Million Bail
July 16: The MSC Gayane is back underway to Rotterdam minus the nearly 20 tons of cocaine seized from the ship last month after the owner and operator posted bail […]
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FREE CSOA REPORT: Iran Seizes British Tanker
July 19: On July 19, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC(N)) intercepted two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz –UK flagged oil/chemical tanker STENA IMPERIO and UK owned crude […]
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UPDATE: Where Cruise Lines Are Diverting Calls to Cuba Amid US Travel Restrictions
UPDATE July 18: The original article stated that Azamara has not announced replacement itineraries for Cuba at this time. A correction has been made: Azamara has replaced its 2019 Cuba […]
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Australian Police Seize $144m Worth of Cocaine in Port Botany, After It Shipped Hidden in Excavator via Port Kembla
July 15: A shipment of $144 million worth of cocaine arrived at Port Kembla before it was seized by police at Port Botany. The narcotics arrived in Australia in a […]
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Proposed July 15 Strike at Port Silos in Constanta, Romania Averted
July 15: The union representing workers at ADM’s North Star Shipping grain silos in Romania’s Black sea port of Constanta said on Monday an indefinite strike scheduled to start on […]
