Tag: stowaways

Gard Club has recently published an updated Guide on Stowaways to address the issue and inform interested parties of ways to handle stowaway incidents onboard.

Gard Club has recently published an updated Guide on Stowaways to inform shipowners and ships crew about the prevention against stowaway risk.

Gard Club has recently published an updated Guide on Stowaways to address the issue and inform interested parties of ways to prevent stowaway incidents onboard.

Gard Club has recently published an updated Guide on Stowaways describing the issue, relevant regulations, port prevention, humane handling and the risk of stowaways.

On 22th Monday, Spanish Police arrested a stowaway with 200 Kilos of Cocaine at the port of Gijon. The cocaine was in the possession of a stowaway, a 58-year-old Colombian national who had boarded the ship during a previous port call.

Following the announcement of tough new immigration enforcement measures, operators are alerted that ships arriving at the UK with passengers without proper identification documents or stowaways on board will subject to significant changes in the way these cases are being managed by UK Border Force (UKBF) at UK ports.

The Spanish coastguard rescued three migrants that were stowed away on the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria.

The Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA) is trying to apprehend and prosecute the captain and crewmembers of a Panamanian-flagged cargo vessel, that allegedly threw 14 stowaways overboard.

A group of Nigerian stowaways claim the crew of the bulker Ophelia killed two of them, and then abandoned the rest.

Amid the ongoing economic crisis in Sri Lanka, the Indian Coast Guard is on high alert to avoid any illegal immigration from the island nation, Dryad Global informed and issued α stowaway checklist for commercial shipping operators and Captains.