Crew arrested

Bunker Tanker Held for Illegal Oil Siphoning Resumes Operations

A Singapore-registered bunker tanker arrested due to its participation in an alleged illegal marine gas oil (MGO) siphoning operation has resumed normal operations, reports Manifold Times.

Bunkering operations resume

Alex Ow Yong, Fleet Agency Director, Agency Division of Singapore-based ship management firm Iships Mgmt Pte Ltd. confirmed, “We have received clearance from the Police Coast Guard for Marmoris (SB802G) to resume bunkering operations.”

Crew arrested

Mr. Ow noted the bunker tanker’s...

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Drug Peddlers Sink Boat Carrying 3 Tonnes of Cocaine

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  • 9 Georgian and Turkish crew members were fished out of the sea by police officers.
  • The crew attempted to prevent the police by seizing the drugs by sinking their own boat.

Spanish authorities intercepted a merchant tanker carrying 3,000 kilos of cocaine in the Bay of Biscay – and in an unusual twist, they claim that the vessel’s crewmembers sank their own ship in an attempt to avoid prosecution, reports the Maritime Executive.

Smuggling ring investigation

The interdiction was the result of a...

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