Maritime Crime
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Four Immigration Officers Kidnapped in Bonny Waterway; Freed 2 Days Later
November 11, 07:00-07:30 UTC: Ten pirates in a higher-capacity speed boat attacked a passenger vessel transporting four immigration officers from Bonny to Port Harcourt, kidnapping all four immigration officers. While […]
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Dubai Customs Seizes 413,000 Captagon Pills in Container at Jebel Ali Port
November 10: Dubai Customs made a new major Captagon seizure hidden in a container of ship spare parts coming from an Asian country. Cooperation between different customs departments and good […]
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Offshore Supply Vessel Near Ciudad del Carmen, Mexico Attacked; 2 Crew Wounded During Armed Robbery
November 11: Italian offshore supply ship REMAS with 35 people on board was attacked by approx. 7-8 armed pirates in two fast boats in the Gulf of Mexico, north of […]
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Oil Platform Near Tabasco, Mexico Attacked and Boarded in Armed Robbery
November 04, approx. 21:00 LT: An unspecified number of persons in boats with outboard motors attacked the INDEPENDENCIA oil platform located approximately an hour from Paraíso, Tabasco (Mexico). The pirates […]
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Authorities in Pakistan Seize 241 kgs Heroin, 2 kg Hashish in Joint Operation
November 12: A joint Intelligence-based Counter Narcotics Operation was conducted by Pakistan Navy, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency, and Anti-Narcotics Force at Pishukan near Jiwani, Balochistan. A huge cache of narcotics […]
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Six Unauthorized Persons Attempt to Board Tanker Underway in Singapore Straits
November 05, 11:48 UTC: Six persons in two speed boats approached a tanker underway in the Singapore Straits (posn 01:12.6N – 103:34.3E). Duty crew noticed the persons attempting to board […]
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Four Persons Board Bulk Carrier Berthed in Agadir, Morocco
November 08, 02:05 UTC: Duty officer onboard a bulk carrier berthed at Silos Terminal, Agadir, Morocco (posn: 30:25.55N – 009:38.88W) noticed four unauthorized persons onboard the vessel. Alarm raised and […]
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Piracy Attempt Averted 57nm NNW of Sao Tome Island
November 07, 00:15 UTC: Armed persons in a skiff approached and fired upon a tanker underway approx 57nm NNW of Sao Tome Island (posn: 01:13.6N – 006:09.6E). Alarm raised, vessel […]
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Attempted Boarding of Tanker Berthed at Belawan Port, Indonesia
November 07, 19:00 UTC: During security rounds, crew onboard a tanker berthed at Belawan Port, Indonesia (Posn: 03:47.2N – 098:41.8E) noticed one unknown person trying to board the vessel using […]
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Benin Increases Piracy Preventing Measures in Cotonou Port
November 07: Benin’s government on Wednesday announced scaled up protection, security and safety measures for hovering vessels in the Cotonou port. The measures include the “provision of an armed protection […]
