Container Vessels
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Vaccine supply under threat from theft and counterfeits
By Baibhav Mishra Having warned of various threats to the COVID-19 vaccines supply chain late last year, international freight insurer TT Club is now reporting a spate of disruptions to […]
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Drugs seized at Ambarli
Turkish police seized 228 kilograms cocaine at a port in Turkey’s most populated city Istanbul and detained nine suspects, the Istanbul Governorship Provincial Police Department announced on Tuesday. The department […]
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Sri Lankan Authorities Seize 99.5kg Heroin in Kochchikade
March 13: Sri Lankan authorities have announced that the Police Narcotics Bureau has seized 99.5 kg of heroin, worth approx. 1 billion rupees, from a freight container hidden amongst a […]
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Dutch Customs Seize 250kg Cocaine in Five Batches at Rotterdam Port March 13-17; 8 Suspects Arrested
March 13-17: Dutch customs officials at Rotterdam Port found five different batches of cocaine from Friday to Tuesday, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said in separate statements. Over 250 kilograms of […]
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Five Stowaways Discovered on Container Vessel at UK’s Tilbury Port
March 08, 3:30 UTC: Five Albanian stowaways were discovered on a container vessel at Tilbury Port in the early hours of March 08. A home office spokesman said: “Border Force […]
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Robbery Aboard Container Vessel at Port-au-Prince Anchorage
March 08, 20:40 LT: While the container vessel TRINIDAD TRADER (IMO #9675808) was at Port-au-Prince Anchorage in Haiti, an unknown number of unauthorized persons boarded the ship and attacked the […]
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Attempted Theft Aboard Container Ship at Belawan Anchorage
March 13, 20:10 LT: While at Belawan Anchorage, Indonesia (3.0° 55.5’ N, 98° 46.3’ E), the duty able bodied (AB) aboard the container vessel KOTA ANGGERIK (IMO #9175597) discovered an […]
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$13m Worth of Weapons Smuggled Through Djibouti Port Seized in Ethiopia; 24 Suspects Arrested
March 11: Intelligence officials have told state-owned Ethiopian TV that a “container full of illegal firearms” that entered the country through the port of Djibouti has been seized. Officials are […]
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103kg Cocaine Seized From Within Suitcases in Container at Brazilian Port of Paranaguá
March 01: Initial reports suggest that Brazilian customs agents seized 103kg of cocaine at the port of Paranaguá. The narcotics were discovered in 4 suitcases in a container loaded with […]
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Malaysian Customs Seize RM65m of Contraband Cigarettes in Two Raids at Port of Tanjung Pelepas
February 17: The Royal Malaysian Customs Department foiled attempts to smuggle in 76.4 million sticks of contraband cigarettes worth RM65.4 million in two separate raids at the Port of Tanjung […]
