The Securewest International Global Response Centre (GRC) recorded 23 maritime-related
incidents during the reporting period of 13 – 19 August 2024. The following incidents were recorded:
- 13-AUG-24 – Drugs Interdiction – Drug smuggling boat intercepted off the Dominican Republic.
- 13-AUG-24 – Drugs Interdiction – Drug smugglers arrested in Greece.
- 13-AUG-24 – Drugs Interdiction – U.S. Coast Guard intercept 79 kilos of cocaine off Puerto Rico, Caribbean.
- 13-AUG-24 – General Security Warning – Protesters block cruise ship JEWEL OF THE SEAS in Amsterdam.
- 13-AUG-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Libyan authorities intercept a boat carrying 220 migrants.
- 13-AUG-24 – Robbery – Anchored vessel robbed off Abidjan, Gulf of Guinea.
- 13-AUG-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 24 Migrants apprehended off Aydin, Turkey.
- 13-AUG-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Migrants land on a beach in Mallorca.
- 13-AUG-24 – General Security Warning – Two Houthi vessels destroyed in the Red Sea.
- 13-AUG-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 103 Migrants apprehended and rescued off Izmir, Turkey.
- 13-AUG-24 – Suspicious Approach – Suspicious approach on underway vessel WEST POLARIS in the Singapore Strait.
- 13-AUG-24 – Attack – Merchant vessel reported explosions off port quarter, 97nm NW of Al Hudaydah, Yemen.
- 14-AUG-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Migrant boat sinks off Tunisian coast.
- 14-AUG-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 107 migrants detected crossing the English Channel.
- 14-AUG-24 – General Security Warning – Port of Odessa attacked by a ballistic missile.
- 14-AUG-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 107 Migrants rescued while trying to cross the English Channel.
- 15-AUG-24 – Attack – MV SUNNY OCEAN fired upon by small boats in the Red Sea.
- 15-AUG-24 – General Security Warning – Small boat and suspected mothership sighted 95nm NW of Massawa Eritrea, Red Sea.
- 15-AUG-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Boat carrying more than 150 people intercepted off the Canary Islands.
- 16-AUG-24 – General Security Warning – U.S. CENTCOM forces intercept a USV in the Red Sea.
- 17-AUG-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 492 Migrants cross the English Channel in nine small boats.
- 17-AUG-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 22 migrants detected crossing the English Channel.
- 17-AUG-24 – Robbery – Dinghy and outboard stolen from unoccupied yacht Prickly Bay, Grenada.
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