Loss Prevention Advice
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The shipping industry of the alarming risk of unwarranted arrests and severe prison sentences faced by crews when drugs are found on ships in certain ports.
Misguided assumptions
There have been instances where ships and their crews arriving from South and Central America have been detained seemingly without valid justification. In two recent court cases, crew members were given very long prison sentences with judges concluding that hiding drugs onboard or attaching them to the ship’s hull is impossible without the crew knowing.
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Over the past week, 11-17 March, four incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia (one CAT 3 incident and three CAT 4 incidents).
One incident occurred on board a general cargo ship while berthed at the port of Jakarta, Indonesia, and three incidents occurred onboard ships while underway in the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) of the Singapore Strait (SS). The crew was not injured in any of the four incidents. Two incidents involved the theft of scrap metal from barges, one incident reported missing generator spare parts, and nothing was stolen in the other incident.
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A suspected piracy related incident on a Yemeni-flagged dhow off Durdura, in the vicinity of Eyl, Northern coast of Puntland (Somalia).
The incident is under investigation and has been classified as hijack. According to the latest information, up to seven hijackers remain on board. The dhow has a crew of eight Somali nationals. EUNAVFOR ATALANTA is monitoring the event and coordinating closely with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) and with the Yemeni Coast Guard.
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Operators on hazardous containerized cargo leakage and presents key measures to prevent these situations from escaping control.
As informed, Gard continues to see concerning cases of leakage from hazardous containerized cargoes – incidents which can quickly escalate into serious safety and environmental threats. Ensuring that crew and company personnel ashore understand the importance of swift action is essential to prevent these situations from spiralling out of control. Thus, Gard recommends the following measures: