South East Asia
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Attempted Theft Aboard Tanker Transiting in Eastbound Lane of TSS in Singapore Strait
January 08, 04:00 LT: While underway, two unauthorized persons were sighted in the engine room of the tanker BRITISH MARINER (IMO #9724582) approximately 6.2NM northwest of Tanjung Tondang, Pulau Bintan […]
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U.S. Warship Transits Taiwan Strait Less Than 1 Week After Election
January 16: A U.S. warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Thursday, the island’s defense ministry said, less than a week after Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen won re-election by a […]
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Belgium Seizes Over 100m Counterfeit Cigarettes From South East Asia So Far This Year; 8 Arrested
January 20: Over a hundred million counterfeit cigarettes have been seized by customs authorities in the first weeks of January, a number which nearly shatters the record set in all […]
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Theft Aboard Container Ship At Manila International Container Terminal Last Month
December 23, 15:22 LT: While at anchor at Manila International Container Terminal (MICT) (posn. 14° 35.4’ N, 120° 56.4’ E), an unknown number of perpetrators boarded the container ship MV […]
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8 Crew Kidnapped From Malaysian Fishing Trawler Near Sabah, Malaysia
January 17, 15:00 LT: The Philippine Coast Guard (ReCAAP Focal Point) reported to the ReCAAP ISC that six gunmen dressed in black suits with masks used a grey speedboat with […]
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Boarding and Theft On Same Barge Transiting Singapore Strait Twice In One Day
January 18: ReCAAP reports two incidents occurred to the same barge towed by a tug boat while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the […]
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Tanker Crew Fend Off Attempted Armed Robbery Near Batam Island, Singapore Strait
January 20, 21:45 UTC: Indonesian tanker HORIZON MARU (IMO #9048017) was reportedly boarded by four unauthorized persons armed with bladed weapons early on Tuesday in the Kabil waters off eastern […]
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1,000m³ Rare African Wood Seized at Saigon City Port
January 10: Customs officials in HCMC have discovered over 1,000 cubic meters (m³) of timber worth over $430,000 illegally imported from Africa with fake declarations. In the declarations, the shipment, […]
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ICC 2019 Report: Unprecedented Number of Crew Kidnappings in the Gulf of Guinea
January 14: Despite overall piracy incidents declining in 2019, there was an alarming increase in crew kidnappings across the Gulf of Guinea, according to the International Chamber of Commerce’s International […]
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SSAS Accidentally Triggered, Causing Major Security Operation at Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong Kong
January 10: Early this morning the Ship Security Alarm System (SSAS) was accidentally triggered on the container vessel OOCL HAMBURG (IMO #9252008), berthed at Kwai Chung Container Terminal in Hong […]
