On 22th Monday, Spanish Police arrested a stowaway with 200 Kilos of Cocaine at the port of Gijon. The cocaine was in the possession of a stowaway, a 58-year-old Colombian national who had boarded the ship during a previous port call.
According to international news, the cargo ship “Iraklis” arrived in Gijon on a voyage from Barranquilla, Colombia, carrying a load of coke for a Spanish steel mill.
MPA Singapore has released a notice to inform of an adjustment of disease outbreak response system condition (DORSCON) from yellow to green and updated covid-19 measures.
Two incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia (both CAT 4 incidents) was reported between 21 – 27 March 2023.
Two incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia (both CAT 4 incidents) was reported. The incidents occurred on board a container ship while anchored at Manila Anchorage, the Philippines and a tanker while underway in the Singapore Strait. The crew members were not injured in the incidents. However, some ship properties/stores were stolen in both incidents.
Pirates boarded the 13,700-dwt goods carrier Monjasa Reformer on Saturday night 260 kilometers off the coast of Pointe Noir, Republic of the Congo.
According to the Maritime Domain Awareness for Trade – Gulf of Guinea corporation center, the vessel has been boarded by 5 armed persons who approached the vessel from a skiff. The Liberia-flag vessel is owned by Denmark’s Monjasa and managed by Montec Ship Management.