The Securewest International Global Response Centre (GRC) recorded 31 maritime-related
incidents during the reporting period of 16 July – 22 July 2024. The following incidents were recorded:
- 16-JUL-24 – Boarding – Underway bulk carrier WADI FERAN boarded in Malacca Straits.
- 16-JUL-24 – Drug Introduction – USCG seizes 100 kilos of cocaine in Caribbean Sea.
- 16-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Two migrants die in boat offshore of the Canary Islands.
- 16-JUL-24 – Drug Introduction – Six tons of cocaine seized at Posorja deepwater port, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 17-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 19 migrants detained off Mugla, Turkey.
- 17-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 71 migrants intercepted in English Channel by French rescue services.
- 17-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 13 migrants detained off the coast of Çanakkale, Turkey.
- 17-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 15 migrants detained off the coast of Balıkesir, Turkey.
- 17-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Eight stowaways apprehended in Nigeria.
- 17-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 51 migrants detained off Izmir, Turkey.
- 19-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 202 migrants detained off Senegal.
- 19-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 65 migrants land in Gran Canaria.
- 18-JUL-24 – Maritime Information Advisory – Live firing practice north of Boosaaso, Somalia, Gulf of Aden.
- 19-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 99 Migrants apprehended off Aydin, Turkey.
- 19-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 96 migrants rescued and detained off Izmir, Turkey.
- 19-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 17 Migrants apprehended off Canakkale, Turkey.
- 19-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 413 migrants detected crossing the English Channel.
- 19-JUL-24 – Attack – Cargo vessel LOBIVIA hit by missile 83nm southeast of Aden, Yemen.
- 20-JUL-24 – General Security Warning – Protesters clash with police at La Rochelle Port, France.
- 20-JUL-24 – Attack – Yemen’s Hodeidah port hit by air strikes.
- 20-JUL-24 – Attack – Attack on Container Vessel PUMBA from air and surface drones in Red Sea.
- 20-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 228 migrants detected crossing the English Channel.
- 20-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 27 Migrants apprehended off Izmir, Turkey.
- 20-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 27 migrants rescued off Balikesir, Turkey.
- 20-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 164 migrants rescued and detained off Mugla, Turkey.
- 21-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 49 migrants rescued off Canakkale, Turkey.
- 21-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 15 Migrants apprehended off Mugla, Turkey.
- 21-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 39 migrants rescued off Izmir, Turkey.
- 21-JUL-24 – General Security Warning – Tanker seized by Iran in the Persian Gulf.
- 21-JUL-24 – General Security Warning – Four Houthi uncrewed surfaces vessels destroyed in the Red Sea.
- 21-JUL-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 114 migrants rescued whilst attempting to cross the English Channel.
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