General cargo ship SL STAR capsized and sank along berth at Rajaee Port, Bandar Abbas, Iran, Persian Gulf, in the morning Mar 19, while performing cargo operations. Reportedly discrepancies between dockers and crew led to stability loss, either cargo shifted or was wrongly loaded. The ship had 153 containers on board, some of them already surfacing and floating around. 14 crew, mainly Indians, are reported to be safe.
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Source: maritimebulletin.net
intel reports
Security and Risk Report 07/12/22
MAST’s security report issue 358 is available to read now. In the Gulf of Guinea, one hijack incident has been reported in the period observed.
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