Month: January 2020
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Two Suspected Kidnappers Killed Off Jolo Island
January 29: Two of the six men believed to have kidnapped five Indonesian fishermen in Malaysian waters earlier this month [January 17] have been shot and killed after a shootout […]
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Morocco Adds Western Sahara Waters to Its Maritime Borders
January 26: Morocco’s parliament passed measures that extend the country’s legal authority to include the maritime space of Western Sahara. Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Nasser Bourita told […]
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500 kg Cocaine Seized off Puntarena, Costa Rica
January 22: Authorities seized 500 kg of cocaine from a small boat off the coast of Puntarenas. It was unclear how the authorities obtained information regarding the narcotics. Three individuals […]
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Piracy Incident on Yacht Near Rio Naya, Colombia Results in 1 Dead, 1 Missing, 1 Injured
January 20: On Monday, an unspecified number of “heavily armed” persons reportedly boarded a yacht near the mouth of the Naya River on the border between Buenaventura and Cauca in […]
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Labuan Marine Police Report Successes Over Previous Year
Source: The Sun Daily / Bernama January 28: Marine police in the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan report that they have disrupted smuggling activities with a total seizure worth more […]
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Nigerian Rear Admiral Points to Tarkwa-Bay As Pirate Hideout Location; Residents Evicted From Area
January 28: Rear Admiral Oladele Daji, the Commander of Operation Awatse, says Tarkwa-bay is a hideout for pirates and officially it is a non-residential area. While addressing concerns over the […]
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Nigerian Maritime Workers Union Threatens Showdown Over Treatment By Foreign Shipping Companies
January 27: The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has said that it would declare a state of emergency on foreign shipping companies operating at the nation’s seaports over poor […]
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Nigerian Navy Hands over Vessel, Nine Suspects to EFCC for Illegal Oil Bunkering
January 13: The Nigerian Navy Ship Delta (NNS Delta), on Monday, January 13, 2020 handed over a motor vessel, MV SALVATION and its nine crew members to the Economic and […]
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25kg Cocaine Seized at Swedish Port of Uddevalla From Vessel From Colombia
January 24: The Swedish Customs Agency started 2020 with a seizure of cocaine in the port of Uddevalla, worth over SEK 17 million in street value. A vessel from Colombia […]
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Theft Aboard Container Ship at Anchorage in Manila, Philippines
January 25, 04:15 LT: While at South Quarantine Anchorage Area in Manila (posn. 14° 32.68’ N, 120° 55.27’ E), the duty watch sighted one unauthorized person aboard the container ship […]
