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17 Feb 15

INFORMATION FUSION CENTRE

MARSEC WEEKLY REPORT
07 13 Feb 15
For the period from 07 to 13 Feb 15, IFC received information on the following:

Figure 1: Location of Incidents in IFC Area of Interest

Note: 2 Contraband Trafficking Incidents; 1 Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing; and 3 Maritime
Incidents, were reported during the reporting period, but occurred out of the reporting period.

OVERVIEW OF INCIDENTS
Contraband Trafficking
11 Feb Drug Smuggling/ Vavuniya/
Sri Lanka
Details: Naval personnel attached to
SLNS Pandukabaya of the North Central
Naval Command, with the assistance of
Excise Department officials arrested two
persons with 1.8 kilograms of cannabis.
12 Feb Diesel Smuggling/ Bintawa/
Malaysia
Details: The Marine Police Force seized
20,000 litres of diesel worth over
RM200,000 during a routine check on
board a fishing trawler in Bintawa. The
crew failed to produce documentation for
the diesel.
12 Feb Drug Smuggling/ Fujian/
China
Details: Eight Taiwanese suspects were
formally detained in Fujian Province on
Wednesday for allegedly attempting to
smuggle 251 kilograms of ketamine.

12 Feb Timber Smuggling/ Sabah/

Malaysia
Details: Ten men aged between 14 and 58
were detained for smuggling 73 pieces of
sawn timber from the forest reserve by the
marine police.
Events reported outside of the period:
5 Feb - Counterfeit Cigarette
Smuggling/ Port Klang/ Malaysia
Details: The 154,500 cartons of
counterfeit cigarettes, intend to be shipped
to Turkey and Lebanon markets, were
seized in Port Klang, Selangor on 5 Feb
6 Feb Malaysian Maritime Police
Seized 110,000 Litres of Diesel / Telok
Kalong, Malaysia
Details: Malaysian Maritime Police
arrested seven people for smuggling diesel
oil in two separate incidents off waters of
Telok Kalong.

Irregular Human Migration

12 Feb Human
Chittagong, Bangladesh

Trafficking/

Details: The Bangladesh Navy rescued 14

Bangladeshis at the outer anchorage of
Chittagong port while being trafficked to
Malaysia.

12 Feb - Bangladeshi and Myanmar

Illegal Immigrants Arrest /West
Sumatra/ Indonesia
Details: The Pesisir Selatan Police in West
Sumatra arrested 24 immigrants from
Bangladesh and Myanmar and two
Indonesian boat crewmembers, who were
allegedly waiting for a boat to transport
them to Australia.

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

7 Feb Illegal Fishing/ Mannar/ Sri
Lanka
Details: Sir Lankan Navy arrested two
persons with 2 kilograms of gelignite
(explosives), 2 pairs of divine fins, 3
diving masks, and 1fishing net for illegal
fishing off the waters of Mannar.
7 Feb Illegal Fishing/ Mongla Port/
Bangladesh
The Bangladesh Navy arrested 34 Indian
fishermen and detained three trawlers, 80
NM from Mongla Port in Bay of Bengal,
for illegally fishing in Bangladesh waters.
9 Feb Illegal Fishing/ Kendrapara/
India
Details: Forest Department personnel
arrested 20 fishermen in the vicinity of the
Garhirmatha National Park turtle sanctuary
for fishing in a prohibited area.

9 Feb 27 Indian Fishermen Arrested/

Bay of Bengal/ Bangladesh
Details: Twenty-seven Indian fishermen
were arrested in Bangladeshi waters in the
Bay of Bengal for trespassing into the
Bangladesh water territory. They were
subsequently sent to jail.
11 Feb - Illegal Fishing/ Palawan/
Philippines
Details: Two unregistered motor boats
were apprehended by the Philippine Coast
Guard (PCG) for alleged fishing illegally
off Araceli in Palawan.
Events reported outside of the period:
6 Feb Fishing In Restricted Waters /
Port Klang/ Malaysia
Details: A boat operator was arrested for
using drift nets in restricted waters.

Maritime Incident
7 Feb Man Overboard/ East of
Tanjong Penawar/ Malaysia
Details: A crew on board a product tanker
fell overboard and subsequently recovered
by its seaboat. The crew was in a stable
condition.
7 Feb 2 Russian Rescued from Drifting
Powerboat / Nha Trang City/ Vietnam
Details: Vietnamese fishermen rescued
two Russian tourists from a drifting
powerboat.

10 Feb - Two Women Missing from

Capsized Ship / Thai Binh Province/
Vietnam
Details: The search continued for two
missing women from a capsized vessel off
the waters of Thai Binh.
10 Feb Heavy Weather Caused Vessel
to Release Containers into Sea / Sunda
Kelapa, Indonesia
Details: Sailing from Sunda Kelapa, a
container vessel was forced to release 14
containers into the ocean to compensate
for a heavy list due to rough seas. She
subsequently returned back to port.

11 Feb 14 - Ship Rescues 11 Fishermen/

South China Sea

6 Feb Cargo Ship Ran Aground/

Guimaras, Philippines

Details: 11 fishermen from the two vessels

were rescued by vessels from the Regional
Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination
Centre No II in Da Nang. One vessel was
sunk, and the other ran aground.

Details: A cargo vessel ran aground off

Guimaras Province. No oil spill reported.

Events reported outside of the period:

Details: A fisherman who had been

drifting at sea with a styrofoam tied onto
his body for two days, was rescued off the
eastern coast of Zamboanga City.

4 Feb Fire Breakout / Fujian Province/

China
Details: 60 people were rescued by
authorities when a fire broke out on board
a passenage ferry.

6 Feb - Fisherman Rescued/ East Coast

of Zamboanga City/ Philippines

Natural Events
10 Feb - 5.1 Magnitude Earthquake Jolted Southeast off Fakfak/ West Papua/ Indonesia
Details: An earthquake with a strength of 5.1 on the Richter scale occurred in the waters
southeast off Fakfak, West Papua. No tsunami alarm was raised.
Recommendations
IFC Advises:
1. All mariners to report any incidents timely to the nearest coastal state and IFC at the
earliest possible time.
2. Ships moving at slow speed or choosing to remain at anchor in areas where sea
robbery/theft is regularly reported to be vigilant and to adopt necessary security measures.
3. All mariners to take note on the description of the perpetrators and to take photos of the
perpetrators if possible.
4. Shippers and Seafarers operating in Sulu Sea and in vicinity of East Sabah Waters are
strongly recommended to be vigilant and to establish contact with both Malaysian and
Philippines Authorities to report their presence.
5. Shippers are advised to take note that al-Qaeda, in its recently launched English language
online magazine Resurgence, has called for the disruption of global trade and shipping
through acts of piracy, among other tactics. Shippers are therefore advised to exercise
vigilance and to adopt self-defensive measures as stated in BMP4, especially when
transiting narrow choke points and known sea robbery/piracy hot spots.

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Note: Information herein was derived from various internal and external sources
such as Focal Points, OPCENs and other maritime stakeholders. Shippers should
remain vigilant especially in areas where the threat level is assessed to be above one
in accordance with the IFC Spot Commentary 2/14 and IFC quarterly assessment
report. Ships should apply the appropriate security measures (such as BMP4 or
Tugs and Barge Guide). Ship masters should also be aware and refer to the
Maritime Security Charts Q6112 and Q6113, both published by the UK
Hydrographic Office. The IFC Area of Interest has been expanded to cover the
waters of East China Sea.
CONTACT
In case of any doubt, incident at sea, suspicious approach or unusual observed activity at sea,
please contact IFC: IFC Duty Officer:
Email :
IFC_DO@defence.gov.sg or ifc_do@infofusioncentre.gov.sg
Tel :
+65 9626 8965 (Mobile)
+65 6594 5728 (Office)
Fax :
+65 6594 5734
The IFC seeks your observations in the course of your normal business. The IFC would like
to remind mariners to be mindful of national and international laws, company and other
policy requirements and also health and safety obligations, whilst recording these
observations. The reporting of such events to IFC does not absolve you of your obligations
towards coastal/ port/ flag authorities.

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