Incidents
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Global Security Threats: Find out about the threat of piracy and maritime crime around the world.
Today’s interdependent global economy, international trade, and travel are reliant upon the security of international waters and the vast network of ports and terminals. As the growing maritime industry expands, so does the threat of maritime criminals exploiting vulnerable vessels operating in these waters. Piracy and acts of maritime crime…
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Ferries damaged in collision, Bakauheni, Sumatra
Ferry WIRA ARTHA collided with ferry JATRA II at Bakauheni harbor, Southern Sumatra, Sunda Strait, at around 1130 LT Dec 17, while maneuvering to berth in strong wind, on arrival from Merak Port, Java. The ship went out of control and was dragged along JATRA II, sustaining a number of…
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Major fire on Russian Navy missile corvette in S-Petersburg VIDEO
Fire erupted on board of Gremyashchiy-class corvette PROVORNYI in dry dock under construction at Severnaya Verf Shipyard in St. Petersburg, Russia, on the evening of Dec 17. Fire is said to be major, covering some 80 sq meters, with gas cylinders nearby, major explosion feared. Some 170 firefighters and 42…
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Malaysia to work with Caribbean countries on maritime issues
Malaysia wishes to work with the Caribbean countries under the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme on several issues. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Wee Ka Siong in a Facebook post said the matter had been raised at the bilateral meeting on Thursday with the Central American Commission…
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Weekly Maritime Security Threat Assessment 14th Dec 2021
Access the latest Triton Scout Maritime Security Threat Assessment for the week The delaying of the highly anticipated election could place the tenuous peace in Libya in jeopardy as heightened tensions lead to further protests and clashes. Earlier this week the Libyan High State Council called for the December 24th…
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Piracy in Gulf of Guinea: Ghana to push for international response
Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Information says Ghana will push for an international response to address the incidence of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) when it takes its seat on the UN Security Council in January 2022. In an interview monitored by the Ghana News Agency,…
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House approves Philippines’ maritime zones
The house committee on foreign affairs chair Ann Hofer says the bill’s approval ‘marks an important step towards consolidating maritime jurisdiction as declared in the historic Arbitral Award’. The House of Representatives has approved a measure that seeks to define the maritime zones of the Philippines. Last week, 189 lawmakers…
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General cargo ship developed heavy list, tilt, after water ingress
by Mikhail Voytenko General cargo ship SRIWIJAYA RAYA developed a heavy portside list and fore tilt in the morning of Dec 13 after leakage started in the fore section of the ship (tanks, cargo holds?) while sailing along the western coast of Bangka Island, Indonesia. The ship with a cargo…
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5550-TEU container ship attacked, 6 crew kidnapped, Gulf of Guinea
Cargo ship was attacked in the Gulf of Guinea 38 nm SW of Bioko island southwest coast, Equatorial Guinea, at 1430 UTC Dec 13, reportedly pirates boarded the ship and kidnapped 6 crew. The ship’s ID wasn’t disclosed, but all data point at container ship TONSBERG, en route from Cameroon…
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تفاصيل سقوط بعض الحاويات من سفينة وادى الريان فى بحر الاسكندرية بسبب الطقس السيئ
تعرضت احد السفن التابعة لشركة الملاحة الوطنية السفينة وهى ” وادى الريان ” وهى سفينة كارجو كانت قادمة من ميناء دمياط وقد تعرضت بعض الحاويات المحملة بها للانزلاق، وتم الاحتفاظ بالبعض الآخر الذي يظهر بالتلف وضياع البضائع المشحونه داخلها، وكانت على متنها حاويات لحوم التى ظهرت طافية على المياه وتم…
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