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Crew member committed suicide after being detained during drug seizure
The Portuguese Judicial Police made one of the country’s largest ever drug seizures completed aboard the 'Maerks Nokwanda', enroute from Manzanillo to Tanger-Med. Working with the Portuguese Navy and Air Force, the ship was intercepted off the coast of Portugal in the Atlantic. The forces boarded the vessel from helicopters in the operation "Skydrop". Once aboard, they reported finding two stowaways, facing extremely difficult conditions, who were identified as an Italian and a Colombian citizens. The two were reported to be undocumented and believed to be involved in the smuggling operation. Both were arrested. The forces also interviewed the crew and took one person, reported to be an Indian citizen, into custody. The Navy escorted the container ship to the port of Sines, were the vessel docked on August 4. The cocaine was offloaded.The police also seized objects for navigating, transporting the drugs, and throwing them overboard. Searching the vessel, the police uncovered five tons of cocaine. The police operation had been planned to prevent this large quantity of drugs from being offloaded later onto "narco-boats." It began more than 1,000 kilometers from Lisbon, with the vessel detected and boarded approximately 640 nautical miles off Sines. The authorities reported they had been able to dismantle a criminal group dedicated to smuggling large quantities of drugs into Europe. It was part of an investigation shared at the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre-Drugs, as well as working with the UK’s National Crime Agency and Spain’s Policia Nacional. The crew member who had been arrested along with the two stowaways was found dead hours later in a prison cell in Portugal. The head of the police’s drug trafficking unit confirmed at a press conference on Aug 5, that the man had been discovered hanging in his cell on th earlye morning. He had been alone in a cell. They pronounced him deceased and were investigating the circumstances of his death. He was believed to have been the person with the most information about the smuggling operation. The container ship was released again on Aug 5 with an ETA as of Aug 8. Reports with photos and video: https://twitter.com/i/status/2085039789963649293 https://sicnoticias.pt/pais/2026-08-04-pj-apreende-cocaina-no-porto-de-sines-num-porta-contentores-proveniente-do-panama-0a5a0197 https://oregioes.pt/pj-apreende-porta-contentores-com-cinco-toneladas-de-cocaina-a-bordo/
Allision in Busan
The "Safmarine Nokwanda", coming from Yokohama, allided with the container ship "Tianjin" while berthing at the Busan New Port International Container Terminal PNIT on March 2, 2019, at 8 a.m. She struck the stern of the berthed ship and caused significant cargo damage with a number of containers being crushed and collapsing. Also the stern encountered structural damages. The "Safmarine Nokwanda" suffered bow damages including a breach above the waterline. After temporary repairs were completed, the ship left the port on Narch 3 at 1.45 a.m. and headed to Shanghai, where it arrived on March 4 at 8.15 a.m. Permanent repairs were expected to be completed by the end of March. The "Tianjin" left the port of Busan on March 3 at 3.40 p.m. and headed to Balboa, ETA March 22. Report with photos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeVR69KsqUg https://www.nieuwsbladtransport.nl/voorpagina/2019/03/04/fotos-aanvaring-containerschepen-safmarine-en-zim/
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