Weekly Maritime Incident Summary 11 - 17 Mar 2025

The Securewest International Maritime Assistance Centre (MAC) recorded 20 maritime related incidents during the reporting period of 11 – 17 March 2025. The following incidents were recorded:

11-MAR-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 22 migrants intercepted off Izmir, Turkey.
11-MAR-25 Attack – Bulk carrier MJ PINAR attacked at Port of Odesa, Ukraine.
11-MAR-25 General Security Warning – Demonstrations in close proximity to port of Valparaiso Chile.
11-MAR-25 Robbery – Tanker vessel PRISMA boarded in Singapore Strait.
12-MAR-25 Robbery – Underway container ship robbed in Singapore Strait
13-MAR-25 Drugs Interdiction – Dutch warship GRONINGEN intercepts cocaine in the Caribbean Sea.
13-MAR-25 Boarding – Underway container vessel boarded 36nm NNW San Marta, Colombia.
13-MAR-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 19 migrants intercepted off Izmir, Turkey.
13-MAR-25 Drugs Interdiction – H.M.S. LANCASTER intercepts drugs in the Arabian Sea.
14-MAR-25 General Security Warning – UKMTO notification of electronic interference, Strait of Hormuz.
14-MAR-25 General Security Warning – Live firing notice West of Shoaiba, Saudi Arabia.
14-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 17 migrants intercepted off Izmir, Turkey.
15-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 7 migrants intercepted off Mugla, Turkey.
15-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 8 migrants intercepted off Izmir, Turkey.
16-MAR-25 Drugs Interdiction – Pakistani Navy seizes 150kg of drugs offshore Gwadar, Pakistan.
16-MAR-25 General Security Warning – Houthi missile impacts near Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt.
16-MAR-25 Hijacking – Fishing dhow AL-HIDAYA reportedly hijacked near Durdura, Somalia.
16-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 16 migrants intercepted off Izmir, Turkey.
16-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 15 migrants intercepted off Balıkesir, Turkey.
17-MAR-25 Boarding – Tanker boarded 100nm west of Puerto Iradier, Equatorial Guinea

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