Captain of bulk carrier INTERLINK VERACITY has been charged with attempted smuggling of some 320 kilo of cocaine into Australia, reports ABC News. Australian Police held a press-conference, revealing the details of Captaine detention. 51-year old Captain of Montenegro nationality ... continue reading
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The US coast guard investigation into the matter of a Royal Caribbean vessel, HARMONY OF THE SEAS, venturing into the Cape Canaveral rocket safety zone has ended. The Coast Guard has concluded that the ship violated a "Coast Guard captain ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 612Vasyl Bodnar, Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey, stated on May 15th that the Russian operation of selling stolen Ukrainian grain is continuing. This time another vessel, this time the Syrian flagged FINIKIA, had taken on a load of grain in Sevastopol ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 765In a statement released on May 8th, the Department of Treasury added seven new maritime shipping companies to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons list. This new addition included shipping firms alleged to move Russia's military equipment. 69 ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 1081HAVILA CAPELLA was put out of service when the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign affairs ruled against the application for getting it insured via an exemption. A planned voyage on May 15th along the Norwegian coast was canceled. Before this, an ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 3977UPDATE: The ship, allegedly, suffered fire during the night May 11-12, when she was under way, heading for famous Snake island. According to Ukrainian military intelligence leak, VSEVOLOD BOBROV suffered major fire, some or all of crew were evacuated, but ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 72125Container ship MATHU BHUM has been intercepted by Indonesian Navy patrol ship on May 4 off Belawan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Malacca Strait, shortly after the ship left Belawan, bound for Port Klang, Malaysia. MATHU BHUM was taken back to Belawan ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 13610May 6 1640 UTC: Video was posted in Twitter of allegedly, burning ADMIRAL MAKAROV. Looks like genuine. Russian Black sea Navy Frigate ADMIRAL MAKAROV was reportedly, hit by Ukrainian anti-ship missile NEPTUN on May 5, near now famous Snake island ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 19248The product tanker BLACK STAR was refused to entry Barcelona, Spain, on April 27th over allegedly transporting Russian cargo to the EU. The "Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana" (MITMA), a department of the general state administration in Spain ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 930Bulk carrier MATROS POZYNICH, owned by sister company of sanctioned Joint Shipbuilding Corporation, Russia, loaded 27,000 tons of grain at Kerch Strait anchorage, Black sea, in April 2022, left anchorage late April and initially, headed for Alexandria Egypt. Ukraine ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 11109One of the EU sanctions imposed on Russia is a Luxury Ban in mid-March. One of its implications is that the sale of EU-made vehicles over 50,000 Euros is banned in Russia. The port of Zeebrugge, one of the ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 1339Brazilian law enforcement agencies arrested 6 people in the port of Santos, Brazil. The drug smugglers, 5 Brazilian nationals and one Argentine, were found to own 30 kgs of cocaine. They were arrested when they were about to board the ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 1119Apr 30 1600 UTC UPDATE: According to Amsterdam dockers unions, SUNNY LIGER won’t dock at Amsterdam, because all the companies which serve arriving ships refuse to provide services to tanker, starting with tugs. As of 1600 UTC Apr 30 ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 23651Turkish tanker BLACK STAR has been banned from entering Barcelona, Spain, on Apr 27, and as of Apr 28 was drifting off Barcelona, waiting obviously, for instructions. Tanker is loaded with palm oil and oil derivatives, the problem being the ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 14854The State of Maryland has requested Evergreen to pay $100mn as “Responsibility fund” in order to rectify the damage caused by the grounding of Evergreen’s box vessel, the EVER FORWARD. The refloating of the grounded vessel was not uneventful ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 1618The BW LILAC, a Maltese flagged LNG carrier, rescued two German nationals from a yacht off the coast of Puerto Rico after one of them sustained a leg injury, and the other had a broken leg. The survivors were later ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 1739Capesize bulk carrier VITUS BERING stopped short of port of destination, Murmansk, some 15 nm off easternmost Norway, with the intention of changing 12 of its’ crew via Vardo port Norway, writes Norwegian news agency NRK on Apr 20. 12 ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 8145The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) have refused to release the ferry the SPIRIT OF BRITAIN, citing several deficiencies on the vessel grounds for detention. The MCA has stated that they have advised P&O to invite them back ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 147210 passengers were found carrying cocaine, an overall 54 kgs of cocaine, when they were intercepted aboard the MSC SEASIDE in Valencia, Spain. Spain’s National Law enforcement agency conducted the check. In another instance, a Brazilian couple was apprehended ... continue reading
in Maritime Security 1378Two Russian tankers, including Aframax tanker PEGAS in understood, loaded condition, were detained at Karystos Bay, Petalioi Gulf, Attica, Greece, for reportedly, violation of EU sanctions against Russian ships. PEGAS was to STS offload her cargo off Peloponnese (or more ... continue reading
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