Month: August 2019
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Mixed Reporting of Possible UK Plans to Release Seized GRACE 1 Tanker
August 13: Various international media outlets have reported today that Iranian officials have stated that Britain might free its oil tanker GRACE 1 soon. The vessel was seized on July […]
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Registration Open for 16th Maritime Security & Costal Surveillance Event – December 02-05 in Singapore
Today’s maritime security needs have become highly sophisticated and multi-dimensional with the exponential rise in maritime terrorism, drug trafficking, piracy and other non-traditional seaborne attacks. Technological advancements and modernisation are […]
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North Korea Launches Missiles From South Hamgyong Province Into Sea of Japan
August 10: At approximately 0530 local time on 10 August (2030 UTC on 9 August) 2019, the North Korean military fired two projectiles from an area near the city of […]
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Seychelles, Somaliland Dispute Over “Premature” Release of Convicted Pirates
August 10: A dispute over the “premature” release of convicted pirates by Somaliland authorities may reach the UN Security Council, after a protest by the Seychelles. Last week, the Indian […]
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Warning As New Malware Bypasses Network Security Measures To Enable Attacks On PCs
August 03: Another dire warning for Windows users this month, after threat researchers at Proofpoint disclosed “a previously undocumented malware.” This one had a twist, though, this malware was not an […]
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Small Protest Over Chinese Maritime Survey Dispersed Outside of Chinese Embassy in Hanoi
August 06: On 6 August 2019, Vietnamese police officers dispersed a demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy in Hanoi. Approximately 10 demonstrators gathered to protest against an ongoing Chinese maritime survey […]
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Dvina Bay in White Sea Partially Closed To Shipping Through Sept 10 Following Fatal Military Accident
August 08: Russian authorities report that a rocket engine exploded at a military testing ground near the village of Nyonoksa in the northwestern Arkhangelsk region. In the immediate aftermath of […]
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Suspicious Approach 70 NM From South Bonny, Nigeria
Aug 07: At approx. 14:00 LT while transiting from offshore to Calabar at +/- 70nm south Bonny, the oil products tanker HALLAM (IMO #9351749) was approached by a black coastal […]
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Ship Stores Theft at Nacala Anchorage, Mozambique
August 08: At approx. 19:30 UTC two unauthorized persons armed with unspecified weapons boarded an anchored chemical tanker at Nacala Anchorage, Mozambique. They boarded the vessel via the hawse pipe […]
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FREE CSOA REPORT: GPS Interference in Arabian Gulf
August 08: The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has released an advisory warning of GPS interference in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman. The […]
