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Drug Bust – Spanish police seize $114 Million in cocaine from Livestock Carrier ORION V – 26.01.2023

On Thursday 26th January, 2023 Spanish Police seized 4.5 tonnes of cocaine with an estimated street value of €105 Million ($114 Million) after raiding the livestock carrier ORION V off the Canary Islands. The Police arrested the 28 crew members on the Togo flag (TGO) ship, which had been trailed from Colombia in an operation …

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Casualties – Sailing tourist catamaran OLE CUARTO sinks off Cartagena, Spain with 33 souls rescued – 14.11.2021

Maritime search and rescue (SAR) teams and Good Samaritans came to the aid of the 33 passengers aboard the sightseeing catamaran OLE CUARTO after she broke apart and sank off Cartagena in Spain’s Murcia province on Sunday, November 14th. OLE CUARTO had just departed the Port of Cartagena when the incident occurred at around 1620 …

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Tugboat – Singapore Built THOR SERVER

One of the Faroe Islands operated vessel that was a regular visitor in Malta was the tug THOR SERVER that was used as a guard/chase boat with seismic operations. She was built in 1978 by Marine Builders Pte Ltd at Singapore as yard number 1016 named as AL JUBAIL VIII trading until 1985 where she …

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