Areas of Risk
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Qatar To Build New Port In Somalia’s Hobyo, Near Bab-el-Mandeb Strait
August 20: Qatar plans to build a new seaport at Somalia’s Hobyo, a potentially strategic investment in an area of East Africa fiercely contested by Gulf rivals. Hobyo, in the central region […]
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350 kg of Cocaine Seized at Pecem Port
August 19: Police seized 350 kg of cocaine at Pecem Port in Grande Fortaleza region. The narcotics were hidden inside a honey shipment, reportedly en route to Hamburg. Customs officials […]
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Deck and Engine Room Spares Stolen From Tug in Batam Anchorage, Indonesia
August 21: Five unauthorized persons armed with knives boarded an anchored Singapore-flagged tug at 0440 hrs local time in Batam Anchorage. Crew were alerted to the incident and raised the […]
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Russia Continues Monitoring Situation Around Abducted Sailors Off Cameroon Coast
August 22: Russia’s Foreign Ministry is closely monitoring the situation surrounding the abduction of Russian sailors from the MarMalaita cargo vessel off Cameroon’s coast, the ministry’s Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said […]
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Customs Officials Seize Three Tonnes of Cocaine and Arrest 6 in Rotterdam
August 23: Customs officials based in Rotterdam’s port have seized two consignments of cocaine this week, totalling almost three tonnes, the public prosecution department said in a statement. The first […]
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Japan Says North Korea Developing Warheads to Penetrate Missile Defenses
August 27: Pyongyang appears to be developing warheads to penetrate a ballistic missile shield defending Japan, the country’s defense chief said on Tuesday, pointing to the irregular trajectories of the […]
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15th Arctic Shipping Summit
ACI’s Arctic Shipping Summit will be located in Hamburg, Germany for its 15th edition in the series and will take on a new look for December 2019. ACI are bringing […]
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Port Otago Workers Set to Strike From Sat Aug 31 in New Zealand
August 23: More than 250 front line workers at Port Otago have issued strike notice including an overtime ban which will take effect from next Saturday. It is set to […]
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Brazilian Customs Locates 720 kg of Cocaine at Port of Santos
August 19: On Monday, August 19, the IRS Customs Office in the Port of Santos intercepted 720 kg of cocaine hidden in two containers destined for Europe. Santos Customs teams, […]
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Malaysia Seizes $161m Cocaine & Ketamine in Sacks
August 23: Malaysian authorities on Friday said they had seized nearly 3.7 tonnes of ketamine and cocaine worth about USD 161 million in the country’s biggest drugs haul to date. […]
