Tag: fuel smuggling

Shipping on alert as Iran vows revenge for deadly American drone strike

Iranian Navy ships in Velayat-90 military exercise, by Mohammad Sadegh Heydari via Wikipedia

Sam Chambers

Merchant shipping heading through Middle Eastern waters has been placed back on high alert over fears Iran may retaliate to American drone strikes earlier today that killed a top Iranian general.

Iran’s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani, was killed by a US air strike in Iraq at around 1am this morning.

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Source: splash247.com

16 Malaysians on ship reported seized by Iran

PETALING JAYA: A ship with 16 Malaysian crew members on board has been seized by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps for fuel smuggling, according to the official Irna news agency.

The ship was reported to be carrying nearly 1.3 million litres of fuel. It was not known under which national flag the ship was sailing. It was reportedly seized near Abu Musa Island, near the entrance to the Straits of Hormuz.

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Source: freemalaysiatoday.com

Navy arrests 11 suspected smugglers, seizes rice, petrol

Ada Wodu

The Nigerian Navy Ship Victory has intercepted suspected smugglers with 95 drums of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) and 692 bags of rice worth over N30m in separate operations.

Naval officials deployed for Operation Swift Response and the newly activated Yangha Mi were among the teams that arrested the suspects.

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Source: punchng.com

Armed Robberies: 28 Incidents Reported to ReCAAP ISC in H1 2019

By Baibhav Mishra

Twenty-eight Incidents Reported to ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre from January to June 2019, Marking 32% Year-on-Year Decrease, and the Lowest in Number among 13-Year Period of January to June

The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre (ISC) today released its Half-Yearly (January to June 2019) Report. Highlights of the report, whose information is verified by the respective government agencies, also known as Focal Points, and regional authorities, include:

Overall Summary

  1. Total of 28 incidents reported from January to June 2019, of which 25 were actual incidents while 3 were attempted cases
  2. Of the 28 incidents reported, 26 (93%) were armed robbery against ships and two (7%) were piracy
  3. This marks a 32% decrease compared to the same period in 2018 in the number of incidents reported
  4. This is also the lowest number among the 13-year period (2007-2019) of January to June
  5. In terms of severity, there was one Category 1 incident, two Category 2 incidents, two Category 3 incidents and 20 Category 4

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Source: seanews.co.uk

Tugboat, four crew members detained in diesel smuggling bid

MIRI: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) District 13 (D13) seized 5,000 litres of diesel worth RM11,000 and arrested four Indonesian crew members of a tugboat aged between 23 and 30 during an operation here on April 25.

In a statement to the media on Friday night, MMEA D13 director Captain Md Fauzi Othman said the suspicious tugboat was first sighted two nautical miles from the MMEA boat which was carrying out operation in Kuala Baram waters.

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Source: theborneopost.com