Maritime Crime
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How Rampant Illegal Fishing Is Destabilizing Somalia
February 06: In Somali waters, illegal fishing is a pervasive problem. It triggers clashes between foreign and domestic fishers, and destabilizes Somali life. For at least seven decades, foreign fishers […]
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Police Question Tanker Report of Three “Very Violent” Stowaways On Voyage From Conakry to Amsterdam; Unclear Where Stowaways Boarded
February 07: The product tanker HARALD MAERSK (IMO #9389502) was forced to interrupt her voyage from Conakry to Amsterdam (via Las Palmas and Algeciras) and make an emergency call at Vigo Spain, […]
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Theft Aboard Tanker In Eastbound Lane of TSS of Singapore Strait, Half An Hour After Unsuccessful Theft On Nearby Bulker
February 09 02:52 LT: Approximately half an hour after an unsuccessful theft aboard a nearby bulker, an unauthorized person was spotted in the engine room of the tanker SWARNA JAYANTI […]
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Bulker Boarded By Six Persons Armed With Knives in TSS of Singapore Strait; Disembarked Empty Handed Upon Discovery
February 09, 02:20 LT: Six unauthorized persons armed with knives were spotted in the engine room of the bulk carrier NEW SPIRIT while she was underway in the eastbound lane […]
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Brazilian Authorities Seize 600kg of Cocaine at Itapoa Port
January 30: Authorities seized 600 kg of cocaine concealed inside tanker containers of diesel fuel at Itapoa port. Authorities aided by sniffer dogs, found the narcotics during a routine inspection. […]
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Brazilian Authorities Seize 1.4 Tonnes of Cocaine at Itapoa Port; Bound for Rotterdam
February 03: Authorities seized 1.4 tonnes of cocaine concealed among a cargo of timber inside a container at Itapoa port. Authorities found the narcotics during a scanning operation. The origin […]
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Curfew In ESSZone Extended To Feb 20
February 05: The curfew in the waters off seven districts in the Eastern Sabah Security Zone (ESSZone) […] has been extended until Feb 20. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Omar Mammah […]
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181 Drums of Petrol & 692 Bags Rice Seized From Smugglers By Nigerian Navy in Two Operations in Calabar
January 19: The Nigerian Navy has intercepted suspected smugglers on the Cross River State waterways, with 692 bags of foreign rice and 181 drums of Premium Motor Spirit or petrol. […]
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ECSA Raises the Alarm About the Gulf of Guinea
February 06: At the ECR Conference on Maritime Security and the Blue Economy yesterday in the European Parliament, ECSA [European Community Shipowners’ Association] raises the alarm about the dire security […]
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Singapore Plans to Restructure MSTF To Tackle Piracy in Strait
February 03: The Singapore Minister of Defence was asked: (a) what new tactics have been designed by those responsible for the rise in actual and attempted piracy and robbery cases […]
