The Securewest International Global Response Centre (GRC) recorded 22 maritime-related
incidents during the reporting period of 20 – 26 August 2024. The following incidents were recorded:
- 20-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 90 Migrants rescued and apprehended off Mugla, Turkey.
- 20-AUG-24 – Drugs Interdiction – Over 700 kilos of cocaine intercepted in the port of Rotterdam.
- 20-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 20 Cuban migrants land in the Florida Keys.
- 20-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 76 migrants land on Gavdos, Greece.
- 20-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 19 Migrants rescued and apprehended off Canakkale, Turkey.
- 20-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 100 Migrants rescued and apprehended off Izmir, Turkey.
- 21-AUG-24 – Attack – Underway oil tanker SOUNION attacked 78nm west of Al Hudaydah, Yemen.
- 21-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 201 Migrants apprehended and rescued off Izmir, Turkey.
- 21-AUG-24 – Attack – Underway bulk carrier SW NORTH WIND I attacked 57nm south of Aden, Yemen.
- 21-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 17 Migrants apprehended off Aydin, Turkey.
- 22-AUG-24 – General Security Warning – Uncrewed surface vessel and small boats sighted 87nm west of Saleef, Yemen.
- 22-AUG-24 – General Security Warning – Multiple Houthi weapon systems intercepted over the Red Sea.
- 22-AUG-24 – General Security Warning – Ro-Ro cargo ferry CONRO TRADER hit by a missile in the port of Kavkaz, Russia.
- 23-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – NGO vessel GEO BARENTS rescue nearly 200 migrants from the Mediterranean Sea.
- 24-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 67 migrants rescued 25nm off Lamedusa, Italy.
- 24-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 50 migrants rescued 25nm off Lamedusa, Italy.
- 24-AUG-24 – Drugs Interdiction – Authorities seize a large quantity of heroin at Cuthbert Bay, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
- 25-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 65 migrants rescued south of Lampedusa, Italy.
- 25-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – 110 migrants reach Lampedusa, Italy.
- 26-AUG-24 – Approach – Underway MV approached by small boat 55nm SE of Aden, Yemen.
- 26-AUG-24 – General Security Warning – Uncrewed surface vessel detected 61nm SE of Al Mukha, Yemen.
- 26-AUG-24 – Migrant & Refugee Incident – Approximately 1,500 migrants swim from Morocco to Ceuta enclave, Spain.
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