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The shipping industry is experiencing increased drug smuggling incidents in Brazil as reported local correspondents.
Namely, it is alarming that in January 2022, shipping giant MSC and MEDLOG declared that they will suspend their inland operations across Brazil due to the rising threat of drug traffickers who victimise the container trade.
The country is considered a key maritime hub for the illicit drug trade as its unprotected shores which neighbour Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru, facilitate the transport of drugs to Europe, Africa, and Asia.
More specifically, increased vigilance is required at Santos, Paranaguá, Vitória, Rio de Janeiro, Natal, and Santarém.
What is more, Covid-19 has made the drug traffickers even more resilient and creative in their game of hide and seek. Drugs are commonly hidden in containers, cargo spaces, or attached to the hull of ships. Another method for disguising the drugs is to mix them with a liquid substance to elude detection.
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After two cases regarding fatalities of ships’ officers when they were trying to take the draught readings of vessels, Steamship provides key issues to be aware of.
In recent weeks, there have been two reported fatalities of ships’ officers when they were trying to take the draught readings of vessels during and upon completion of cargo operations.
In one of these incidents the officer was denied permission to leave the vessel in order read the draught marks from ashore due to strict COVID-19 restrictions at the port.
In the other case the reason for the attempt to read the draught from the vessel is not clear.
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The Panama-registered container ship Marcos V lost the 40-foot containers around the Dutch Wadden islands while en route to Germany in heavy winds, on February 19.
Marcos V reported to the Coast Guard Center on February 19 in the morning that it had lost containers at sea. The ship lost the containers in the sailing route to the south, between the north of Vlieland and the west of Schoorl.
It is currently known that 26 containers have been lost, which contained no cargo.
The Dutch Coast Guard is now working together with the Directorate-General for Public Works and Water Management (Rijkswaterstaat) and the safety region of Fryslân with regard to further handling of this incident.
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Firefighters recovered the body of one missing passenger from the fire-stricken Ro-Ro Euroferry Olympia, while one of the passengers was found alive and rescued .
As of now, a total of 10 people of various nationalities are still unaccounted for, with rescuers having evacuated 280 people, whom took them to the island of Corfu. Before the weekend, two more people were rescued.
At the time of the accident the ship was carrying over 290 passengers and crew, as well as 153 trucks and 32 cars. When the fire broke out the ship was en route from Igoumenitsa in Greece towards Brindisi in Italy.