Coastguard
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Jordan, USN marsec drills
Jordanian and U.S. Naval Forces Conduct Maritime Security Exercise Infinite Defender MANAMA, Bahrain (NNS) – The Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) and U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard forces are […]
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IUU fishing in Mexico
Vanda Felbab-Brown A major recent U.S. bust of a crime ring trafficking totoaba bladders and shark fins from Mexico to China highlights again that illegal fishing in Mexico is an […]
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USCG Seizes 700 lbs Cocaine & 650 lbs Marijuana During 70 Days in Eastern Pacific and Panama Canal; 27 Suspects Arrested
March 13: The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returned to port in Maine on Thursday, ending a 70-day “counter-drug patrol” that resulted in the seizure of $12.5 million in cocaine, […]
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Indian Coast Guard Apprehends Fishing Boat and Arrests 9 Crew Suspected of Attempted Theft
February 20, 07:30 LT: Indian Coast Guard ship C-419 apprehended an Indian fishing boat KIRMANI with nine crew members on board for allegedly committing theft aboard the dead vessel MT […]
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MARAD Warns of Maritime Mine Threat in Southern Red Sea
February 13: The US Maritime Administration has issued the following alert: A maritime threat has been reported in coastal waters between Midi, Yemen and Jizan, Saudi Arabia. The nature of […]
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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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Indian Coast Guard Increases Maritime Surveillance Following Sri Lanka Explosions
April 21 – Present: The Indian Coast Guard has increased surveillance and deployed more ships and aircraft for patrolling following a series of devastating blasts in Sri Lanka on Sunday. This […]
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USCG Offloads 14,000 lbs of Marijuana and 3,660 lbs of Cocaine at Port Everglade
April 18: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) is scheduled to offload approximately 14,000 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $12.5 million wholesale and 3,660 pounds of […]
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Illegal Fuel Bunkering Disrupted in Vietnam; Two Vessels Seized
April 14: Vietnam law enforcement agencies, assisted by Coast Guard, on Apr 14 seized Korean tanker PIONEER SPIRIT and Vietnamese tanker QNG 0350 in waters of Quang Ngai province in […]
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Turkey Seized 5 Tons of Powdered Marijuana Off Libyan Coast in February
February 05: Nearly 5 tons of powdered marijuana were seized in international waters on the Mediterranean Sea, Turkey’s Interior Ministry said on Monday. The “Unity Operation” against drug smugglers was conducted by […]
