Tag: fuel smuggling

  • Libya seizes tanker

    Libyan Navy seizes oil-smuggling vessel Written by: Abdulkader Assad The Libyan coastguards said they had seized a fuel-smuggling vessel by the name Lamar and carrying the flag of Togo with 8 […]

  • Ship owners deny knowledge

    Pressure being increased on N. Korea following STS transfers. HK-flagged vessel’s owners deny knowledge of activities with North Korea Vincent Wee The Guangzhou-based owners and operators of the Hong Kong-flagged […]

  • Tanker turns up off Malta

    Vessel had believed to have capsized. Crimean tanker, holed by Libyan coastguard, ends up in Malta A Crimean oil tanker that was shot at by a Libyan coastguard vessel after […]

  • Libya sinks tanker

    Ship accused of fuel smuggling. Libyan Coast Guard Shells and Sinks Product Tanker On Friday, the Libyan coastguard shelled and sank the product tanker Goeast off Abu Kammash, Libya, near the border with […]

  • Libya seizes foreign tanker, trawler

    Busy week for seizures off Libya. Libya seizes foreign tanker, trawler Tripoli – Libya seized a foreign oil tanker and trawler Wednesday off the country’s western coast and detained their […]

  • Marsec in Libya

    The risks associated with Libya’s TTW. Contested Seas: Maritime Security in Libya By James Pothecary Introduction On 20 February, the Bahamas-flagged car carrier Morning Compass was seized by militants purporting to represent […]

  • Ghost ship fears

    Windward data cause for concern. ‘Ghost ships’ spark European terror fears FIONA HAMILTON Hundreds of ships are sailing into European waters after suspicious manoeuvres near terrorist hot spots, prompting fears […]

  • Venezuela detains three vessels

    Subsidised petrol smuggled to neighbouring countries. Venezuela detains three vessels for suspected fuel smuggling: navy BY MIRCELY GUANIPA Three vessels suspected of smuggling subsidized fuel from Venezuela’s refinery-rich Paraguana peninsula […]