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Anti whaling ship allegedly experienced AIS failure
The 'Bandero' has entered Iceland's exclusive economic zone, while remaining in international waters, on July 3, 2026. In response to the organisation's threats to block the "Hvalur hf." Whale hunting campaign, Icelandic authorities were taking action. The 'Bandero' was sailing without broadcasting an AIS signal, claiming a technical malfunction. The Coast Guard subsequently ordered the vessel to transmit its position manually every hour. The patrol vessel 'Þór' has been deployed to escort and closely monitor local whaling boats. The director of the Icelandic Coast Guard stated that his teams would do whatever was necessary to ensure everyone's safety and prevent accidents, a decision made in close cooperation with the Ministry of Justice. Paul Watson insisted that the actions of the ' Bandero' would be non-violent and not endanger the whaling crews.
Activist ship rammed fishing vessel, threatening lives and ecological sensitive waters
On March 31, 2026, the 'Bandero', with 19 people on board, which was acquired in 2024 by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson, and which was previously a Japanese fisheries patrol vessel, collided with the fishing vessel 'Antarctic Sea' (IMO: 9160358) off Antarctica, endangering its crew and could have caused a disaster in the same environmentally sensitive waters the activists claimed they want to protect. The activists first threw a type of steel anchor into the trawls of the "Antarctic Endurance" to destroy them. Then the 'Bandero' slowly steamed towards the stern of the 'Antarctic Sea', hitting the fishing vessel on its port side at a slight angle, coming within centimeters of striking a diesel tank and put at risk a habitat teeming with multiple whale species, seals and seabirds. The crill fishing vessel suffered abrasions. The company said its multinational crew was shaken but unharmed, and that it would pursue all available legal action. The company alerted the naval authorities in Argentina and Chile, one of which deployed a vessel to the area near the Antarctic peninsula where the collision took place. The ramming — the first in more than a decade in the Southern Ocean— caught the company off guard and resembled a “terrorist attack.” Reports with photos and video: https://apnews.com/article/antarctica-watson-krill-trawler-collision-whaling-1dcd71b2a1396709d2091818a1db2939 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-02/tas-krill-wars-back-on-in-southern-ocean/106525856 https://maritime-executive.com/article/paul-watson-activists-hit-krill-fishing-vessel-in-direct-intervention
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