EMEA
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2 Armed Persons Board and Attempt to Rob Containership Off Benin
January 19, 20:10 UTC: Two persons armed with AK-47 rifles in a boat approached and boarded a drifting container ship in posn. 05:08.3N, 002:17.9E. Alarm raised, deck lights switched off, […]
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Attempted Robbery Aboard Tanker at Lagos Anchorage
February 01, 01:30 UTC: Two unauthorized persons in a boat boarded a tanker at Lagos Anchorage (posn. 06:15.7N – 003:19.1E). They tried to seize the duty AB on routine rounds, […]
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3 Egyptian Fishermen Killed By Mine Explosion in Southern Red Sea Near Yemen
February 05: Three Egyptian fishermen were killed by a mine explosion in the southern Red Sea near Yemen, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported Friday [February 07]. The other three […]
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Somaliland Coastguard Expels Cable-layer from TTW
Somaliland Coast Guard Expel Djiboutian Cable Layer 25 January: Somaliland’s Coast Guard expelled East Africa’s largest undersea cable-layer which was was attempting to lay fibreoptic cable in Somaliland’s territorial waters […]
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411 kg Cocaine Seized Off Coast of Abidjan; 3 Ghanians Arrested
Source: Jeune Afrique / Baudelaire Mieu February 04: Ivorian authorities seized 411 kilograms of cocaine from three boats during an operation in territorial waters on Monday. The cocaine, which is estimated […]
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Nigeria Suspending Operations of Secure Anchorage
February 03: Nigeria has suspended the secure anchorage, a private initiative used by merchant ships for protection from piracy, and vessels will have to anchor at national ports covered by […]
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HMS Defender Seizes 2,500kg Hashish in Indian Ocean Supporting CTF150
February 04: The Royal Navy destroyer HMS DEFENDER has seized 2,500kg of hashish worth £1 million in the Indian Ocean. This is the warship’s second significant narcotics bust in as […]
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Event – February 11-13 – Egypt Petroleum Show
Launched in 2017, the Egypt Petroleum Show is North Africa and the Mediterranean’s most important oil and gas exhibition and conference held under the patronage of His Excellency Abdel Fattah […]
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Port Strikes Expected To Continue This Week
February 03: According to uncorroborated local social media, the following port strikes are organized for this week, as part of the ongoing protests in France: Dunkirk: Lockmen striking Feb 06 […]
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London Offshore Consultants Suffer Maze Ransomware Attack
December 30: UK marine engineering consultancy London Offshore Consultants (LOC) Group has been hacked by a group known as Maze. The company, with more than 400 employees, saw its computers […]
