The Securewest International Maritime Assistance Centre (MAC) recorded 31 maritime related
incidents during the reporting period of 26 November – 02 December 2024. The following incidents were recorded:
- 26-NOV-24 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 29 Migrants detained off Canakkale, Turkey.
- 26-NOV-24 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 63 Migrants detained off Balakesir, Turkey.
- 26-NOV-24 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 209 Migrants detained off Izmir, Turkey.
- 27-NOV-24 Hijacking – Chinese fishing vessel hijacked off Somalia.
- 27-NOV-24 Drugs Interdiction – Illegal drugs intercepted in Tanger, Morocco.
- 27-NOV-24 General Security Warning – Protesters blockade port of Holyhead, UK.
- 27-NOV-24 Drugs Interdiction – U.S. Coast Guard seize $18.5 million worth of drugs in the Caribbean Sea.
- 27-NOV-24 Migrant and Refugee Incident – Nine Migrants detained off Mugla, Turkey.
- 27-NOV-24 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 154 Migrants rescued and detained off Izmir, Turkey.
- 28-NOV-24 Robbery – Container vessel robbed, Tin Can Port, Nigeria.
- 28-NOV-24 Drugs Interdiction – Semisubmersible seized on the Colombia to Australia drug smuggling route.
- 28-NOV-24 Maritime Information Advisory – Live firing exercise SW of Gwadar, Pakistan.
- 29-NOV-24 Drugs Interdiction – £125,000 worth of drugs intercepted in Lerwick, Scotland.
- 29-NOV-24 General Security Warning – Drone strike on oil facility of Rostov-on-Don, Russia.
- 29-NOV-24 General Security Warning – Drone strike on port of Tuapse, Russa.
- 29-NOV-24 Drugs Interdiction – 500 kilograms of drugs seized in the Arabian Sea.
- 29-NOV-24 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 71 migrants rescued by a tanker off Crete.
- 29-NOV-24 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 43 migrants detained off Gavdos, Greece.
- 30-NOV-24 Robbery – Catamaran robbed in Marigot Bay, Caribbean.
- 30-NOV-24 Robbery – Locked dinghy stolen from Marigot Bay, Saint Martin.
- 30-NOV-24 Boarding – Anchored LPG tanker BUENA ALBA boarded by Greenpeace activists in Yellow Sea, South Korea.
- 30-NOV-24 General Security Warning – Activists protest berthing of LNG tanker CELSIUS GANDHINAGAR in Brunsbuttel, Germany.
- 30-NOV-24 Robbery – Underway bulk carrier SAKIZAYA MIRACLE robbed in Singapore Strait.
- 30-NOV-24 Robbery – Dinghy and outboard stolen from Point a Pitre, Guadeloupe.
- 01-DEC-24 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 122 migrants detected crossing the English Channel.
- 01-DEC-24 Robbery – Catamaran robbed in Marigot Bay, Caribbean.
- 01-DEC-24 General Security Warning – Multiple weapon systems intercepted in Gulf of Aden.
- 01-DEC-24 General Security Warning – Explosion reported near a vessel in the Gulf of Aden.
- 01-DEC-24 General Security Warning – Protesters block access to the Georgian port of Poti.
- 02-DEC-24 Drugs Interdiction – 2.3 tonnes of cocaine intercepted off Queensland, Australia.
- 02-DEC-24 General Security Warning – Drone shot down over the Northern Red Sea.
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