Weekly Maritime Incident Summary 18 – 24 Mar 2025

The Securewest International Maritime Assistance Centre (MAC) recorded 22 maritime related incidents during the reporting period of  18 – 24 March 2025. The following incidents were recorded:

  • 18-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 39 migrants apprehended off coast of Çanakkale, Turkey.
  • 18-MAR-25 Robbery – Container vessel CNC LEOPARD robbed n the Singapore Strait.
  • 18-MAR-25 General Security Warning – Live firing exercise south of Gwadar, Pakistan, Arabian Sea.
  • 19-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – Six migrants die as boat sinks off Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea.
  • 19-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 289 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
  • 19-MAR-25 Robbery – Panga and motor stolen from dock In Old Bank Bay, Bocas del Toro,Panama.
  • 19-MAR-25 Drugs Interdiction – Colombian Navy intercepts cocaine shipment 170nm off Tumaco, Colombia.
  • 20-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – Migrants rescued off Gravelines, France in the English Channel.
  • 20-MAR-25 General Security Warning – JMIC Advisory issued for the Red Sea.
  • 20-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 24 migrants apprehended off coast of Izmir, Turkey.
  • 20-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 341 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
  • 21-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 246 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
  • 21-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 30 migrants apprehended off coast of Izmir, Turkey.
  • 21-MAR-25 Robbery – Anchored container ship XIN LONG YUN robbed at Kandla Anchorage, India
  • 22-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 241 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
  • 22-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 20 migrants apprehended off coast of Çanakkale, Turkey.
  • 22-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 57 migrants apprehended off coast of Izmir, Turkey.
  • 22-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 19 migrants abandoned by smugglers offshore Farmakonisi, Greece.
  • 23-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 335 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
  • 23-MAR-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 57 migrants apprehended off coast of Mugla, Turkey.
  • 23-MAR-25 Boarding – Bulk carrier FATEMA JAHAN boarded in the Singapore Strait.
  • 23-MAR-25 Boarding – Malaysian-flagged tug boarded 8 NM NE of Horsburgh Lighthouse, Singapore.

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