The 'Daniel Tarr' interdicted two lanchas and seized 460 pounds of illegally caught fish in federal waters off southern Texas on April 9, 2024, along with Boat crews from the Coast Guard Station South Padre Island in coordination with Coast Guard Air Station Corpus Christi aircrews. They located and stopped a total of nine Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line. A Coast Guard Station South Padre Island 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement crew interdicted two lanchas that began rapidly taking on water once stopped. The boat crew embarked the fishermen to ensure their safety and transferred them to Coast Guard Cutter. Additionally, Coast Guard personnel seized 460 pounds of red snapper, three sharks, fishing gear and high flyers found on board the vessels. Coast Guard crews detained the Mexican fishermen, brought them ashore and transferred the detainees to U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel for further processing. Report with photo: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/3738296/coast-guard-interdicts-2-lanchas-seizes-460-pounds-of-illegally-caught-fish-off/
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AIDALUNA
After the arrival of the 'Aidaluna' in Kiel on April 11, a man was taken in custody, when the ship had docked en route from Copenhagen. The 50-year-old was arrested by the federal police. The officers boarded the cruise ship around 10:30 a.m. When they checked the personal details of the passenger from Germany, they discovered that he was being sought. He is accused of embezzling money. The man was therefore placed in custody for remand. He was taken before the judge at the Kiel district court, who confirmed the arrest warrant. The man was taken to prison.
SUN PRINCESS
The 'Sun Princess' docked in Santorini for its last seasonal visit on April 14, 2024, after the company announced a change to its future itineraries and decided to discontinue call for the vessel to Santorini due to congestion concerns, aiming to enhance the travel experience by avoiding overcrowded destinations. The customers were informed: "Due to cruise ship congestion, we will no longer call to Santorini," expressings regret over the inconvenience and disappointment this change might cause. The 'Sun Princess' was originally slated to call at Santorini again on June 11, she will now head to Chania, ensuring a more enjoyable and less congested visit.
MSC ARMONIA
65 Bolivians who had arrived aboard the 'MSC Armonia', were finally deported from the port on April 11. Only four of the 69 Bolivian nationals who were on the ship, which docked in the port on April 2, have been allowed to stay. They are three siblings from the same family, and the daughter of one of these. Their parents are residents of Girona and the father has Spanish nationality. The rest, however, were taken by bus from the port where they have been held since the 'MSC Armonia' had docked. From there they were due to be flown to Santa Cruz. The cost of the flight will be covered by MSC. The cruise set sail from Brazil in mid-March, and was due to make a series of stops in the Mediterranean before reaching its final destination of Venice. When the ship arrived in Barcelona none of the 1,500 passengers were allowed to disembark due to the fake visas in possession of the group of Bolivians. The falsified documentation was not initially detected by MSC, even once the passengers had boarded and the ship had set sail. But when it was sent to the Spanish authorities ahead of the vessel’s arrival, the alarm was raised. The documents had been faked. The cruise ship was finally allowed to leave the port on April 10 with the other passengers aboard. The Bolivians, meanwhile, were held in the port until they were officially deported. The Spanish authorities rejected asylum requests that were filed by some of the group. They had been sold the tickets by a travel agent who claimed that the package included valid visas to live and work in Spain.
ZIRCONE
Greenpease activists have painted the message "Oil fuels war - People want peace' on the hull of the 'Zircone' off Gotland on April 11, 2024. The ship has sold fuel to the Russian shadow fleet. That the 'Zircone' can only be located here outside Gotland and support Russian oil exports is scandalous and something that our politicians and authorities must stop, said Rolf Lindahl, the organization's spokesperson for energy issues. The police was treating the matter as vandalism. Their ability to investigate crimes depends on whether the action was carried out in Swedish or international waters. The vessel is at anchor east of Gotland in pos. 57° 37.61'N 019° 24.98' W. Reports with photos: https://splash247.com/greenpeace-targets-vessel-accused-of-fuelling-russias-shadow-fleet/ https://omni.se/greenpeace-aktion-mot-ryska-skuggflottans-oljetanker/a/lwg1J3