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The Indonesian navy has detained the 'Hai Chein Hsing 20' and its crew on suspicion of illegally fishing in Indonesian waters. Taiwan’s representative office in Indonesia made urgent contact with the Indonesian Mavy and foreign ministry to clarify the situation. Port authorities in the southern Taiwan county of Pingtung, where the vessel is registered, could not yet confirm whether the vessel entered Indonesian waters. The Indonesian Navy discovered the vessel 20 during a routine patrol in the North Natuna Sea in the northernmost part of Indonesia’s territorial waters. The ship had no licence and it was carrying 12 tons of fish on board. Indonesian authorities then detained the longliner and its crew and escorted them to a military port in the nearby Riau Islands. Report with photo: https://en.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2004727

Two tankers, the Chinese 'Freya' and the 'Horse', were detained by the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency in the waters of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, for illegal oil transfer. The AIS of both ships were switched off, the 'Freya' since Jan 23, the 'Horse' since Jan 12. The ships did not respond to VHF calls, and both covered their ID, including names and IMO. The two tankers wer taken to Batam for investigations and detained.

Te 'Fortuna' has commenced its work on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as of Jan 25. The ship was accompanied by the 'Balt. Issledovatel', 'Katun', 'Murman' and 'Vladislav Strizhov' at the working field off Bornholm island. The ship had left Wismar on Jan 14 to continue the project despite the threat of sanctions.

On Jan 21, 2021, the 'John S. Dempster' Jr' was sunk as an artifial reef in the Atlantic Ocean on the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Reef which is about 26 miles from Lewes, Cape May, and Ocean City, and made up of decommissioned vessels. DNREC says the artificial reef attracts more fish and brings more fishing opportunities to the area. The mainstay of the reef is the destroyer ex-USS 'Arthur W. Radford'. The 568-foot ship is the longest reefed on the East Coast and was sunk in 2011. In 2017, the patrol boat 'Tamaroa' was sunk. In 2018, a retired ferry joined the reef too. The 'John S. Dempster Jr" is one of three other decommissioned World War II-era fast-supply (FS) ships that DNREC has turned into prime fish habitat. Report with video: https://www.delaware-surf-fishing.com/dnrec-sinks-ex-army-fast-supply-ship/

Two tankers, the 'Freya' and the Iranian 'Horse', were detained by the Indonesian Maritime Security Agency in the waters of Pontianak, West Kalimantan, for illegal oil transfer. The AIS of both ships were switched off, the 'Freya' since Jan 23, the 'Horse' since Jan 12. The ships did not respond to VHF calls, and both covered their ID, including names and IMO. The two tankers wer taken to Batam for investigations and detained.