The Securewest International Maritime Assistance Centre (MAC) recorded 30 maritime related
incidents during the reporting period of 14 – 20 Jan 2025. The following incidents were recorded:
- 21-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 119 migrants apprehended off Mugla, Turkey.
- 21-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – Migrant speedboat intercepted off Rhodes, Greece.
- 21-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 99 migrants apprehended off Izmir, Turkey.
- 21-JAN-25 Boarding – Bulk carrier DELFIN boarded in the Singapore Strait.
- 21-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 129 migrants intercepted in the English channel.
- 22-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 742 migrants arrive in the Canary Islands.
- 22-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 29 migrants rescued 52nm SSE of Gavdos, Greece.
- 22-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 31 migrants rescued south of Crete, Greece.
- 22-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 20 migrants intercepted on Chios, Greece.
- 22-JAN-25 General Security Warning – Protesters close channel to Port of Jawaharlal Nehru, India.
- 22-JAN-25 Maritime Information Advisory – Live firing south of Gwadar, Pakistan, Arabian Sea.
- 22-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 79 migrants intercepted in the English channel.
- 22-JAN-24 Robbery – Dinghy and outboard stolen from West End, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
- 22-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 55 migrants intercepted off Canakkale, Turkey.
- 22-JAN-24 Robbery – Dinghy stolen at Simpson Bay, St Maarten.
- 22-JAN-25 Drugs Interdiction – Consignment of Butanediol intercepted in Port Pirie, Australia.
- 23-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 17 migrants apprehended off Izmir, Turkey.
- 23-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 66 migrants discovered in Crete, Greece.
- 23-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 35 migrants apprehended off Mugla, Turkey.
- 23-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 22 migrants intercepted off Canakkale, Turkey.
- 23-JAN-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 31 migrants apprehended off Izmir, Turkey.
- 23-JAN-25 Drugs Interdiction – 8.2 tonnes of cocaine seized in Buenaventura, Colombia.
- 24-JAN-25 Suspicious Approach – Container vessel LIBERTY POWER subject to suspicious approach in Arabian Sea.
- 24-JAN-25 Boarding – Bulk carrier boarded at Balikpapan anchorage, Indonesia.
- 24-JAN-25 General Security Warning – VHF Radio challenges in the North Arabian Sea.
- 25-JAN-25 Robbery – Underway general cargo vessel robbed in the Singapore Strait.
- 26-JAN-25 Drug Interdiction – Drug smuggling attempt intercepted in Malaysia.
- 26-JAN-25 General Security Warning – Suspected sabotage of undersea cable in Baltic Sea.
- 26-JAN-25 Migrant & Refugee Incident – Migrant vessel capsizes in Maltese SAR zone, Mediterranean Sea.
- 26-JAN-25 Boarding – Underway bulk carrier SHIDAI 9 boarded in the Singapore Strait.
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