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  1. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Published by George Whittier

    Show of Force Scares Off Pirates While Second Vessel Pays Ransom (opens the original)

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    Two of the commercial ships hijacked by Somali pirates were recently freed, while four other small tankers remain under the control of the pirates. The situation continues in what is now reported to be the most active period of pirate activity off the Horn of Africa since 2013. The EU monitoring and security operation EU NAVFOR Atalanta reports that a show of force was able to scare off one pirate group that had boarded a bulker off the coast of Yemen last Thursday, September 10. The Glamor (24,

  2. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Published by George Whittier

    Turkish Police Seize 350kg of Cocaine from Bulker’s Sea Chest (opens the original)

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    The police and narcotics units from Turkey’s Ministry of Justice reported a major cocaine seizure recovered by divers examining a sea chest on a bulker docked in the port of Mersin. The port is increasingly becoming a center for drug smuggling, while reports also show that smugglers are increasingly using sea chests to conceal narcotic smuggling. The Mersin Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office and the police reported they were acting on intelligence that a large quantity of narcotics was coming from

  3. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Published by George Whittier

    Oman's Strait of Hormuz Conference Implodes (opens the original)

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    The Omanis have cancelled a regional conference which they had called for Monday in Salalah, to which all GCC members plus Iraq had been invited. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told the Fars News Agency that the business of the meeting in Oman was to have been the joint presentation of a new maritime transit corridor in the Strait of Hormuz, over which Oman and Iran have come to a draft agreement. Oman and Iran have been negotiating for months to try and reconcile differences over futur

  4. Article · Sep 14, 2026 · Published by George Whittier

    Philippine Coast Guard Orders Salvage Operation After Fatal Ferry Fire (opens the original)

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    The Philippine Coast Guard has completed its search of all passenger spaces aboard the burned-out ro/ro ferry June Aster, which caught fire off Palawan last Wednesday and subsequently ran aground. PCG responders have now fully searched the bridge, crew accommodation, economy passenger berthing and air-conditioned passenger accommodation areas, and are about two-thirds of the way through the cargo decks. So far, a total of 76 bodies have been recovered. Escaping passengers awaking to the smoke an

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