Panga with 20 Onboard Intercepted at Sea
Panga with 20 Onboard Intercepted at Sea
Release Date: January 12, 2021
SAN DIEGO Saturday night, DHS partners interdicted a panga boat at sea with undocumented migrants on board.
USBP agents in coordination with CBP Air and Marine Operations arrested 20 migrants who were being smuggled into the U.S. on a small panga vessel near San Diego.
At approximately 11:20 p.m., an Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) crew spotted a suspicious vessel off the coast of San Diego. The MEA crew vectored in an AMO Marine Unit crew, who interdicted the panga boat approximately a quarter mile west of the Point Loma shoreline.
Carnival Corporation has reported a net loss of $2.2 billion for the fourth quarter of financial 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to prevent a return to operation.
DHS Partners Seize 333lbs of Meth in Maritime Smuggling Attempt
DHS Partners Seize 333lbs of Meth in Maritime Smuggling Attempt
Release Date: January 12, 2021
SAN DIEGO U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (AMO), Office of Field Operations (OFO), U.S. Border Patrol (USBP), and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) worked jointly to track and detain a vessel that departed from Mexico that held 333 pounds of methamphetamine destined for the United States.
DHS partners seized 333 pounds of meth Monday in Southern California.
The incident began Saturday at approximately 11 p.m. when AMO agents detected a vessel at sea suspected of maritime smuggling.
Giant Boxship Speeds Jumped in December: VesselsValue
by Ship & Bunker News Team
Monday January 11, 2021 Ultra large container vessel (ULCV) speeds jumped on the month in December, according to shipping intelligence service
VesselsValue.
16.15 knots, according to data compiled by VesselsValue, up by
1.1% from a month earlier and by
0.3% from December 2019. Ship operators changing speeds according to strength or weakness in freight markets and bunker prices can have a significant impact on bunker demand. The change was likely due to an increase in seasonal shopping, the company told
Ship & Bunker by email Monday. After the summer slowdown, this vessel type has had a strong end to the year.