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The Dumai Naval Base in Indonesia's Riau province foiled a robbery attempt by pirates on the 'African Halcyon', which was anchored in the Malacca Strait's Dumai waters, on Feb 29, 2024. The pirates jumped into the sea and escaped on a speedboat as soon as the Dumai Naval Base's first fleet quick response team members arrived on the scene. The quick response team departed on a sea rider boat shortly after several crew members of the ship raised alarm when they saw the four pirates trying to climb on board the ship's deck. After thwarting the pirates' attempt to rob the ship, the Indonesian Navy launched a probe into the incident. Several navy personnel also remained on standby near the area where the ship was anchoring.

Hamburg (ots) - Time: 10/15/2014, 15:30 clock Location: Hamburg Harbor, Kamerunkai Water Police officials carried on the vessel flying the flag of Bahamas Ship "African Halcyon (length 169.00 m, width 28.00 m, 20,236 GT) a port state control, and posed several infringements. So the water protection police saw striking entries in the Oil Record Book, which led to the suspicion that the responsible Manager could have disposed of Engineering (57) of the "African Halcyon" bilge water in the Elbe. According to the entries in the Oil Record Book about 2,000 liters of bilge water may have been introduced to the level Brunsbuttel illegally into the Elbe. The Itzehoe prosecutor assigned to the 57-year-old Ukrainian engineer on suspicion of a water pollution a security in the amount of 1,053 euros. Further investigations of the water police on board the "African Halcyon" also corroborated the suspicion that approximately 53,000 liters of wash water were discharged from the holds of the ship illegally in the North Sea. Therefore the pollution were against the 58-year-old Indian captain and his 37-year-old nautical officer under the International Convention arranged by vessels guarantees of a total of 1,056 euros for prevention.