The Securewest International Global Response Centre (GRC) recorded 17 maritime-related
incidents during the reporting period of 30 April – 06 May 2024. The following incidents were recorded:
- 30-APR-24 – General Security Warning – China Coast Guard damages two Philippine vessels with water cannon.
- 30-APR-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 268 migrants intercepted in English Channel.
- 01-MAY-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 13 dead, 27 missing after migrant boat sinks off the Tunisia coast.
- 01-MAY-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – French police rescue 66 migrants trying to cross the English Channel.
- 01-MAY-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 711 migrants intercepted in English Channel.
- 01-MAY-24 – Robbery – Product tanker HAFNIA PACIFIC robbed at Belawan anchorage, Indonesia.
- 02-MAY-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 29 Migrants apprehended off Izmir, Turkey.
- 02-MAY-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 21 migrants rescued off Balikesir, Turkey.
- 02-MAY-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 38 migrants rescued off Aydin, Turkey.
- 03-MAY-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Boat with 33 migrants spotted by a cargo vessel south of Crete.
- 03-MAY-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – Migrants run off after arriving by boat in Florida.
- 04-MAY-24 – Attack – French warship FS LORRAINE intercepts UAV in the Red Sea.
- 04-MAY-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 359 migrants intercepted in English Channel.
- 04-MAY-24 – Robbery – Dinghy stolen from Port De Plaisance marina, Sint Maarten.
- 05-MAY-24 – Migrant and Refugee Incident – 272 migrants intercepted in the English Channel.
- 06-MAY-24 – Drugs Interdiction – Royal Navy warship HMS TRENT intercepts over 2.5 tonnes of cocaine in the Caribbean.
- 06-MAY-24 – Maritime Information Advisory – UKMTO live firing notice in Red Sea
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