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Alarm signaled in the Channel. A suspicious incident occurred, specifically on the tanker Andromeda ship while sailing off the Isle of Wight.
The smugglers, according to British media reports, threatened to kill members of the crew. In fact, they are detained seven Nigerian smugglers.
The smugglers allegedly got into the hands of the crew and took over ship control but without knowing how to govern it.
A business was created in which they participated and helicopters flying on the boat to get a better picture.
According to reports Tanker arrival at Southampton port prohibited. Also the services that monitor and record the navigation of the ships registered unusual zigzags ofAndromeda shipOff the coast of the Isle of Wight.
However, John Thompson, co-founder of Ambrey, a ship safety consulting and services company that works with Navios, said the incident “was definitely not piracy.”
Thompson told the Financial Times that his company had helped connect the ship’s management company, Navios Tanker Management, with the relevant UK authorities, such as border guards, following the escalation of the smuggling incident. .
These incidents are extremely rare on ships in UK waters.
The tanker has a capacity of 500,000 barrels of crude oil or refined products such as gasoline, it set sail from the port of Lagos in Nigeria on October 4. It is empty of charge.
According to ExxonMobil, which runs the Fawley oil refinery near Southampton, the ship is scheduled to arrive there tomorrow to pick up gasoline.
Hampshire Police, the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police Force, said they “knew of and dealt with” an “ongoing incident” on a ship south of the Isle of Wight.
The Maritime and Coast Guard said they were assisting Hampshire Police with the incident.
Smuggling is a widespread problem in international shipping, and would-be migrants can board ships and hide amid the turmoil in some of the major ports in the developing world.
