South East Asia
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Vietnam, China Embroiled in South China Sea Standoff
July 17: Vietnamese and Chinese ships have been embroiled in a weeks-long standoff near an offshore oil block in disputed waters of the South China Sea, which fall within Vietnam’s […]
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Scrap Metal Stolen From Barge in Westbound Lane of Singapore Strait TSS Again
July 16: At approx. 04:30 LT the tug boat SUNG FATT 31 and barge SUNG FATT 36 were carrying scrap metal bound for Penang, Malaysia in the westbound lane of […]
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Armed Robbery With Minor Injury Aboard Bulk Carrier Underway Near Pulau Damar, Indonesia
July 21: At approx. 19:25 UTC seven persons armed with a pistol and knives approached the bulk carrier CK BLUEBELL (IMO #IMO9595876) aboard a small coastal patrol boat. They boarded […]
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Boarding and Cargo Theft Aboard Barge Being Towed Off Tanjung Piai, Malaysia.
July 11: At approx. 02:30 UTC in approx. position 01:13N, 103:31E, six small wooden boats approached an unspecified tug and barge underway. An unspecified number of unauthorised persons boarded the […]
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Chinese Customs Seize 500m Tonnes of Contraband Sugar and One Vessel in Suzhou
July 31: Customs in the eastern city of Suzhou has busted a sugar-smuggling case, confiscating over 500 tonnes of sugar and arresting seven suspects, according to the General Administration of […]
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Chinese Customs Seize 1,500 Tonnes of Contraband Frozen Food at Tangshan Port
June 28: Customs in Shijiazhuang, the capital city of northern China’s Hebei Province, seized over 1,500 tonnes of frozen food worth 50 million yuan (7.27 million U.S. dollars), local customs […]
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Boarding and Attempted Robbery Aboard Tanker Anchored off Pengerang, Malaysia in Singapore Strait
June 16: According to late reports, at 0300 hrs local time, a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) patrol sighted two unauthorized wooden boats, both named Lima Sore, secured to a […]
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Oil Tankers Avoiding Middle East Refuelling Hub After Attacks; Some May Turn to Singapore
July 08: Oil tanker owners are avoiding sending their ships to the Middle East’s main refuelling hub after a spate of attacks on vessels in the past two months ratcheted […]
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US Navy Deploys Littoral Combat Ship USS Montgomery to Singapore
July 09: The US Navy has deployed its Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8) to Singapore as part of a rotational deployment to the Indo-Pacific area of operations. […]
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China Denies U.S. Accusations of South China Sea Missile Tests
July 05: China’s Defence Ministry on Friday denied U.S. accusations that the Chinese military had recently carried out missile tests in the disputed South China Sea, saying instead that they […]
