Tag: hijack
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The dangerous practice of stowaways hiding in a vessel’s rudder trunk
Discovering the stowaways The tanker vessel, CHAMPION PULA, departed from Lagos in Nigeria on 25 September. After 10 days the vessel arrived Las Palmas for loading operations. To everyone’s surprise […]
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Taiwan intercepts heroin from Myanmar with street value of NT$3 billion
By Matthew Strong TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A shipment of 126 kilograms of heroin originating in Myanmar was found on a vessel off southwest Taiwan, resulting in the termination of a […]
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CNS Warns Personnel against Collusion with Criminals
By Kingsley Nwezeh The Nigerian Navy yesterday warned personnel against collusion with criminals to sabotage the efforts of the Navy to counter illegal oil bunkering and crude oil theft in […]
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Pakistan Navy assumes command of multinational anti-piracy taskforce
Pakistan Navy on Thursday assumed command of a multinational anti-piracy task force operating in the Indian Ocean region. The command of Combined Task Force 151 (CTF-151) was handed over to the […]
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‘122 seafarers kidnapped in Gulf of Guinea this year’
By Sulaimon Salau With the latest piracy attack involving the kidnap of four seafarers, 122 crew members have so far been abducted from vessels in the Gulf of Guinea this […]
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Chinese trawlers on the prowl in the Indian Ocean: IUU pose the greatest maritime threat
By: Huma Siddiqui IUU [fishing] has been rated as the highest maritime security threat, more serious than Piracy and Narcotic Smuggling, according to research undertaken by `Caught Red Handed project’. […]
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Product Tanker Survives Two Boardings in Less Than 24-Hours off Africa
Reports of piracy incidents continue to come in at an alarming rate from the Gulf of Guinea with at least three vessels approached in four incidents over the weekend. However, […]
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Maritime security and the Cabo Delgado insurgency
Written by Justin Cronje When Mozambican insurgents known as Al-Sunna captured the port of Mocimboa da Praia in early September this year it meant the ISIS-inspired group added a maritime […]
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MarSec20+ The future of Port and Maritime Security
MarSec20+: 8th December 11:00 – 14:00 GMT 9th December 11:00 – 14:00 GMT Petrospot and CSO Alliance are pleased to introduce their virtual conference MarSec20+ | The future of Port […]
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Nigeria: Navy Conducts Simulation Exercise for Anti-Piracy, Rig Protection
The Nigerian Navy has conducted various simulation exercise for anti-piracy, rig protection, visit board search and seizure, communication drills, together with search and rescue operations. The simulation activities were part […]
