Month: July 2019
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Record Setting $10m USD Worth of Cocaine Seized at Baltimore Port
June 25: Authorities at the Port of Baltimore disrupted a record-setting shipment of 333 pounds of cocaine from Panama to Maryland in a container of beach chairs earlier this month. […]
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Shutdown Imminent At Nigerian Ports As Maritime Workers Set to Begin Strike Wednesday
July 02: Unless there is a fruitful intervention by relevant stakeholders’ today, all is set for the resumption of a nationwide strike on Wednesday, July 3, 2019 by the members […]
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60 Japanese Coastguard Ships Deployed for G20 Protection in Osaka
July 02: The 2019 G20 summit was held last week on June 28-29 at the International Exhibition Center in Osaka. This was the first G20 summit to be hosted by […]
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July 03 Ferry Strike in Greece
July 03: The US Embassy in Greece has issued a security message, warning that “All ferries in Greece scheduled for Wednesday July 3 have been cancelled due to a strike […]
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ICJ Trial Scheduled for Maritime Dispute Between Kenya and Somalia
June 26 2019: The hearing of the maritime dispute between Kenya and Somalia will start on September 9 and run through to September 13 at the International Court of Justice […]
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Syria and Lebanon to Discuss Maritime Border
June 25: Lebanon seeks Russia’s mediation on its maritime border with Syria. “We have knowledge that Syria wants to demarcate the maritime border with Lebanon, and Russia is present in this […]
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Eastern Libyan Forces to Block Turkish Ships From Docking and Consider Them Hostile
June 28: Eastern Libyan forces loyal to commander Khalifa Haftar will ban any commercial flights from Libya to Turkey and Turkish ships from docking in the country, its spokesman Ahmed […]
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Standoff Ends As Italian Police Arrest Migrant-Rescue Ship Captain
June 29: The Sea-Watch 3 charity ship carrying dozens of migrants rescued off Libya forced its way into the Italian port of Lampedusa on Friday night after a lengthy standoff, […]
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Two Mooring Ropes Stolen From Vessel at Lagos Offshore STS Area
June 30: On June 30 2019 at 0400 UTC, two crew members observed a boat with 3 POB alongside the MT (NAME WITHHELD) while it was at Lagos Offshore STS […]
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9 Stowaways Found in Container in Greece
June 22: According to a Greek Coast Guard statement issued on June 22, nine stowaways on the container vessel STADT DRESDEN were taken into custody on the morning of June […]
