The Securewest International Maritime Assistance Centre (MAC) recorded 27 maritime related
incidents during the reporting period of 15 – 21 October 2024. The following incidents were recorded:
- 15-OCT-24 – Suspicious Approach – OSV PUNTA DELGAGA subject to suspicious approach 51nm W of Dos Bocas, Mexico.
- 15-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 12 migrants detained off Antalya, Turkey.
- 15-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – Four migrants die as boat sinks off the coast of Kos, Greece
- 15-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 31 migrants detained off Izmir, Turkey.
- 16-OCT-24 – Drugs Interdiction – Multiple drug seizures made during counter drug smuggling operation.
- 16-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 12 migrants detained off Puerto Rico.
- 16-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 20 migrants detained off Balıkesir, Turkey
- 16-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 176 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
- 16-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 11 migrants detained off Mugla, Turkey.
- 16-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 15 migrants detained off Izmir, Turkey.
- 17-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 35 Migrants rescued off Izmir, Turkey.
- 17-OCT-24 – Boarding – Bulk carrier ASPASIA LUCK robbed in the Singapore Strait.
- 17-OCT-24 – Boarding – Bulk carrier NYON boarded in the Malacca Straits.
- 17-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – Migrant boat capsizes off Wissant, France, in the English Channel.
- 17-OCT-24 – General Security Warning – Houthi threat in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.
- 17-OCT-24 – General Security Warning – Air strike on Syrian port city of Latakia, Mediterranean Sea.
- 17-OCT-24 – General Security Warning – German warship intercepts UAV 16nm NW of Naqouraoff, Lebanon.
- 17-OCT-24 – Boarding – Product Tanker BW KESTREL robbed at Belawan anchorage Indonesia.
- 17-OCT-24 – Drugs Interdiction – Pakistan Navy seizes 1.3 tonnes of narcotics in North Arabian Sea.
- 17-OCT-24 – Drugs Interdiction – Nearly 800 kilograms of cocaine intercepted in Brazil.
- 17-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 48 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
- 17-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 20 migrants detained off Mugla, Turkey.
- 17-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – Migrant vessel capsizes off Crete with 100 migrants aboard.
- 17-OCT-24 – Boarding – Bulk Carrier MARAN SPIRIT boarded in the Malacca Strait.
- 18-OCT-24 – Boarding – Anchored bulk carrier boarded in Takoradi, Ghana.
- 18-OCT-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 647 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
- 18-OCT-24 – Drugs Interdiction – Mexican Navy intercepts multiple drug smugglers in the Pacific.
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