Month: February 2020
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WhatsApp Phishing URLs Skyrocket With Over 13,000% Surge
February 20: The number of WhatsApp phishing URLs has skyrocketed in Q4 2019 after a 13,467.6% huge QoQ surge in the number of unique phishing URLs targeting its users being […]
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Nigerian Navy Arrested 33 Suspected Oil Thieves, Seized Four-Five Vessels in Delta, Over Past Month
February 24: The Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS Delta), Warri, within three weeks, have arrested 33 suspected oil thieves in different operations around Escravos offshore in Warri Southwest Local Government area […]
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Shots Fired on Container Vessel off Nigeria
February 21: Reports that the container vessel IRENES RESOLVE (IMO #9227273) came under attack on Friday while underway at 17.1 knots in approx. posn. 02:49.3N – 004:40.5E, approx. 130nm SW […]
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Nigerian Government Moves to Enforce Anti-Piracy Law As Proposed Stiff Penalties Await Offenders
February 20: The Nigerian Federal Government has embarked on measures to ensure a smooth enforcement of the newly enacted anti piracy law as part of efforts to stem criminality on […]
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Saudi-Led Coalition Reports Preventing WBIED Attack In Southern Red Sea
February 23: Naval forces from the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen on Sunday foiled an “imminent terrorist” attack by the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in the southern Red Sea, a major […]
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EU Welcomes Formation of Red Sea Council to Help Secure Red Sea and Gulf of Aden
February 20: The EU welcomed the formation of the Red Sea Council, aimed at securing the waterways of the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The Red Sea and […]
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Suspicious Approach By 11 Vessels Near Bab El Mandeb Strait
February 22, 07:48-08:02 UTC: A vessel reported a suspicious approach by eleven skiffs with approx. 4-5 POB in posn. 12°10’0” N 043°31’3” E. Closest point of approach was 0.8 NM. […]
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Suspicious Approach of Liquified Gas Carrier in Arabian Sea
February 10, 10:15 LT: While underway in the Arabian Sea (approx. posn. 16°24’ N, 55°29’ E) the liquefied gas carrier BW PARIS (IMO #9368302) were pursued by three persons in […]
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Eight Persons Steal 20kg Steel From Barge in TSS of Singapore Strait
February 07, 12:00 LT: While the tug boat SUNG FATT 27 (IMO #8790871), towing the barge SUNG FATT 32, was en route from Port Klang, Malaysia to Kuching, East Malaysia, […]
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Four Persons Armed with Knives Steal Mooring Rope From OSV at Kakinada Anchorage
February 11, 05:30 LT: While at Kakinada Anchorage in India (approx. posn. 16°58’N, 82°18’E), four unauthorized persons armed with knives boarded the offshore supply vessel (OSV) EVIMERIA (IMO #9366653) from […]
