Maritime Crime
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Successful Boarding of Barge Being Towed off Tanjung Piai, Malaysia – No Injuries/Theft
April 25: On 25 Apr 19 at about 0530 hrs, a Malaysia-registered tug boat, Vector 1 towing barge Yong Tat 319 was underway off Tanjung Piai, Malaysia when three to […]
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Successful Boarding of Dredger Being Towed off Nipa, Indonesia – No Injuries/Theft
April 24: On 24 Apr 19 at about 0510 hrs, a Cyprus-registered tug boat, Union Topaz towing a backhoe dredger, Magnor was underway at approximately 5 nm west-north-west of Nipa […]
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$438m Worth of Methamphetamine Seized at Port Botany, Australia
April 07: Australian Border Force agents have found almost $500 million worth of methamphetamine stuffed inside refrigerators in a shipping container from Singapore bound for Sydney’s west. Authorities uncovered 585kg […]
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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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Montenegrin Authorities Seize Narcotics on Navy Training Ship
April 19: Montenegrin military police have seized around 50 kilograms of drugs on board a naval training ship, hours before it was scheduled to take students on a training cruise, […]
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Map: Visualizing 40 Years of Nautical Piracy
February 08: A web map visualization of piracy incidents from 1978 to October 2018 has been made, both as an aggregation layer of 50,000 square kilometre hexagonal cells at broad […]
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11 Unauthorized Persons Board Tanker at Visakhapatnam Anchorage
April 13: At 10:06 UTC five boats with eleven persons approached a tanker during anchoring operations in Visakhapatnam, India. Upon anchoring, the boats came alongside, hooked on ropes to the […]
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6 Crew Kidnapped from Anchored Tanker at Bonny Outer Anchorage
UPDATE MAY 24: The Nigerian Navy has stated that the April 19 pirate attack and kidnapping of 6-7 crew was intentionally misreported. Disagreement between criminal syndicates in illicit crude oil […]
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Attempted Boarding In Buenaventura Channel, Colombia
April 19: A boat with around eight to 10 persons approached a container ship under pilotage in Buenaventura Channel (03:47.6N – 077:14.3W) and attempted to board via the rigged pilot […]
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Suspicious Approach Off Mogadishu Coast
April 21: A fishing trawler was approached by two skiffs with 8-10 persons on board. A second fishing trawler reportedly went to the first vessel’s aid, and was fired upon. […]
