Tag: port security

According to Skuld P&I, recently seafarers have been detained and prosecuted by Egyptian security due to items found during luggage inspection.

Europol has released a joint analysis carried out in collaboration with the ports of Rotterdam, Antwerp, and Hamburg/Bremerhaven to explore criminal networks in EU ports in terms of the risks and challenges for law enforcement.

According to the Port of Rotterdam, the war in Ukraine led to unprecedented changes in goods flows last year. At 467.4 million tonnes, total throughput in Rotterdam was almost the same (-0.3%) as in 2021 (468.7 million tonnes) but the underlying figures show that there were major changes.

In an effort to tackle piracy within Gulf of Guinea, NIMASA along with the Inter Regional Coordination Centre formed a partnership.

Russia will limit transit of foreign military ships and other foreign state-owned ships in three regions of the Black Sea within Russian territorial waters.

Standard's Club local correspondents in Columbia (A&A Multiprime) issued a circular to infrom on the precautions concerning drugs smuggling at Colombian ports.

The Standard Club reports that according to the amended Pooling Agreement of the International Group, P&I cover in respect of fines for smuggling and breach of customs regulations will no longer provided as of right, but only on a discretionary basis.

In light of the arrival of the Saudi Arabia state-owned "Bahri Abha" at the port of Sagunto, Valencia, Spain, Amnesty International protested, calling the government to prevent the vessel's entry into the Spanish port.

Twenty-five stowaways were found inside a refrigerated container on board a Britannia Seaways ferry. The vessel was sailing from the Netherlands to its final destination in United Kingdom. While en route to Felixstowe, the personnel discovered the stowaways, due to the fact that they heard sounds coming from the cooling container.

IMO partnered with the Organization of American States Inter American Committee Against Terrorism (OAS-CICTE) to conduct the interactive Port Facility Security/Port Security Officer Tabletop Exercise. This is the second workshop aiming to ready countries for a wide range of possible threats and security situations.