Weekly Maritime Summary 18 - 24 October 2022

The Securewest International Global Response Centre (GRC) recorded 17 maritime related incidents during the reporting period of 18 – 24 October 2022.

The following incidents were recorded:

18-OCT-22 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 10 migrant landings in 24 hours in South Florida.
19-OCT-22 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – More than 800 migrants intercepted in one night by the Tunisian National Guard.
19-OCT-22 – Drugs Interdiction – Drug smugglers evade arrest in the Cayman Islands.
19-OCT-22 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Twelve Cuban Migrants come ashore on Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands.
19-OCT-22 – General Security Warning – Turkish forces defuse drifting mine in the Black Sea.
19-OCT-22 – General Security Warning – North Korea fires artillery shells into waters off its west coast.
19-OCT-22 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 80 Cuban migrants in custody after coming ashore in Marquesas Keys.
20-OCT-22 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 24 Cuban migrants caught after landing in South Florida.
21-OCT-22 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Rescue operation for sailboat carrying 80 migrants off Greece.
21-OCT-22 – General Security Warning – Attempted drone attack on Dabba oil port in Yemen.
21-OCT-22 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Italian Coast Guard finds bodies of two minors on migrant boat off Malta.
22-OCT-22 – Robbery – Catamaran robbed in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
22-OCT-22 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Turkey rescues over 50 migrants allegedly pushed back by Greece.
23-OCT-22 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 39 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean.
23-OCT-22 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 45 Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean by German search and rescue vessel.
23-OCT-22 – General Security Warning – Warning shots exchanged between South and North Korean forces in the West Sea.
23-OCT-22 – Boarding – Underway bulk carrier boarded in the Singapore Strait.

Key:

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	Migrant and Refugee Incident: This could involve Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, or information about a boat capsizing and people drowning, or an attack on the group.
	Drugs Interdiction: Focused on interrupting illegal drugs smuggled by sea, usually a large number of drugs are seized.
	General Security Warning: Warnings/Incidents which do not fit in the other categories but enhance the situational awareness.
	Robbery: Theft from a vessel or from persons aboard the vessel.
	Boarding: Unauthorized boarding of a vessel by persons not part of its complement without successfully taking control of the vessel.