Merchant ships wary of Kerala ports

KOCHI: Over the past one year, there were seven instances of fishing boats colliding with ships outside territorial waters along Kerala’s coastline. Merchant shipping vessels are now worried over incurring massive financial losses due to bogus accident claims levelled against them with the connivance of some lawyers. Experts said the primary reasons for such accidents were untrained fishermen, boats without proper safety mechanisms and registrations fishing outside territorial waters and the lack of proper ship...

MARINE NATIONALE SHIP JEAN DE VIENNE AIDS CTF150 IN SEIZING OVER 11 TONNES OF DRUGS IN JUST 48 HRS

On 5 March 2018, the French Marine Nationale destroyer Jean de Vienne continued Combined Task Force (CTF) 150’s recent string of successes by seizing over 4 tonnes of hashish during an operation in the international waters of the Arabian Sea. Jean de Vienne’s seizure is the third for CTF150 in recent days, together with Her Majesty’s Australian Ship (HMAS) Warramunga, the 2 ships have confiscated over $400 million USD of narcotics in just 48...

HMAS WARRAMUNGA IN SUPPORT OF CMF CONTINUES SEIZURE SUCCESS WITH OVER 7 TONNES OF DRUGS SEIZED IN ARABIAN SEA

ON 3-4 MARCH HMAS Warramunga continued the remarkable success of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 by seizing over 7 tonnes of hashish in back to back seizures. HMAS Warramunga conducted two boardings and after a thorough search found over 7 tonnes of hashish, valued at over $300 million USD. Over the last three months, CTF 150 has interdicted over 25 tonnes of drugs valued at over $1.3 billion USD in eight...