Container Vessels

  • 2,202 Kilos of Cocaine Seized at Callao Port, Peru

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    April 23: Police and Customs officers seized 1,851 brick-shaped packages of cocaine in the port of Callao this week, weighing a total of 2,202 kilos.  The drugs were found aboard a Liberian-registered […]

  • Attempted Boarding In Buenaventura Channel, Colombia

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    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 […]

  • Attempted Boarding and Shots Fired near Guayaquil, Ecuador

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    April 01: At 07:45 UTC a duty officer onboard a containership under pilotage noticed a fast-moving target on the radar approaching from astern in position 02:31.8 S, 080:05.4 W, around […]

  • Robbers Board Cargo Vessel at South Harbour Manila, Philippines

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    March 26: An unspecified number of robbers boarded an anchored Liberia-flagged container ship at Quarantine Anchorage area, South Harbour Manila, and escaped with some of the ship’s items. The theft […]

  • 4 Crew Kidnapped from General Cargo Ship at Douala Anchorage

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    March 30: Four crew members (3 Ukrainian nationals and one Filipino national) have reportedly been kidnapped from a general cargo ship 14nm off Douala, Cameroon. Their vessel was either at […]

  • Cargo spill in N. Sea

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    Clean up underway. MSC Zoe: Islands hit as 270 containers fall off ship Extensive debris has washed up on islands off the Dutch north coast after some 270 containers including […]

  • Container safety outweighs security

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    When historians review what we call “modern times”, they will report that humankind felt safest in the 1990s. Container safety outweighs security By Mike Corkhill When future historians review what […]

  • Ship loses more than 500 containers in heavy seas

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    Last week, as hurricane-force winds battered the Atlantic coast of Europe the Maersk Svendborg began losing containers off northern France amid waves of 30 feet and winds of 60 knots. Ship […]

  • Traffickers Hack Shipping Containers

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    The scheme sounds like a work of near science fiction. But police in the Netherlands and Belgium insist its true, and say they have the evidence to prove it. To Move […]

  • Cyber Security at Ports Insufficient

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    A Coast Guard commander says ports, including L.A. and Long Beach, are vulnerable to a cyber attack that could cripple the economy Cyber security at ports insufficient, study says By Ken […]

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