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  • FREE CSOA REPORT: Gibraltar Seizes Supertanker

    July 04: At approx. 02:00 LT this morning Gibraltar port and law enforcement agencies, aided by a detachment of Royal Marines, detained the Panama-flagged 300,000-tonne crude oil tanker GRACE 1 […]

  • CSOA REPORT: Iran UAV Attack

    June 20: At approx. 04:05 LT this morning Iran shot down a US military surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Reports of the location of the UAV at the time it was […]

  • Heightened Assessed Risk and Security Measures Implemented in Strait of Hormuz

    May 20: Following the recent attacks at Fujairah anchorage: (1) Shipowners and ship managers are increasing their security measures while in the Strait of Hormuz. For example, (1a) Japanese shipping […]

  • Initial Reports of Tug Attacked in GoG

    May 05: Initial reports that a tug was “attacked” at approx. 12:00 UTC in position 03 04N – 007 59E while underway. MDAT-GOG advises extreme caution in the area. Source: […]

  • Seafarers in Harwich, England To Protest Tomorrow Over Pay

    April 23: Trinity House seafarers, engaged in their first pay dispute in more than 500 years, will be holding a protest in Harwich, Essex, at 13.00 tomorrow (Wednesday 24 April).  […]

  • Fuel Shortages Caused by Strike Disrupting Portugal’s Port Operations

    April 16-17: A fuel shortage has arisen in Portugal due to a strike by Portugal’s National Union of Drivers of Hazardous Material (SNMMP). The airports in Faro and Lisbon are […]

  • Barrow’s Devonshire Dock Evacuated Amid Hoax Bomb Threat

    April 10: Staff at a shipyard in northern England that builds Britain’s nuclear submarines were evacuated after what a local news website reported was a bomb warning on a nuclear submarine. “Following […]

  • Pirates Kidnap Three Romanian Sailors in Togo

    Pirates attacked a ship with 21 Romanian sailors aboard approximately 3 nautical miles south of the port of Lome in Togo and kidnapped three of the sailors. Romanian authorities have activated […]

  • Sweden Port Strikes Called Off After CBA Deal

    A mass strike involving workers across multiple ports in Sweden has been called off following the resolution of a long-running collective bargaining agreement (CBA) battle that will see port operations […]

  • Sea Vigil wraps

    ISPS Code audit included. Indian Navy concludes mega security drill on sea Chennai: The Navy along with the Coast Guard successfully conducted the Coastal Defense Exercise ‘Sea Vigil’ in close […]