Piracy & Crime (Incidents, Security)

French naval forces seizing the "shadow fleet" tanker Deliver
US Coast Guard personnel with the offloaded narcotics at Port Everglades, June 26, 2026.
The Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Smyrtos being boarded by UK forces
French naval forces seizing the "shadow fleet" tanker Deliver
The general cargo ship Wealth following its seizure near the Solomon Islands
COLUMN | The gavel bangs: justice is served in London and Hamburg but not in the Arabian Sea (part two of two) [Offshore Accounts]
Map showing Libya and the Mediterranean Sea
US forces struck a boat carrying narco-terrorists, June 22, 2026
Small boat illegal migrants
Seized charcoal bags containing the imported methamphetamine
Illegal immigrants on boats are rescued by EUNAVFOR MED personnel as part of Operation Sophia, November 3, 2017. On that date, a total of 263 illegal immigrants on boats were rescued within Operation Sophia's area of responsibility in the Central Mediterranean.
Port of Primorsk, Russia
Aftermath of US strike on suspected narco-boat off the Eastern Pacific, June 16, 2026
A suspected Russian "shadow fleet" tanker following its apprehension in Indonesian waters, July 2023
UK forces boarded the Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Smyrtos
The Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Smyrtos being boarded by UK forces
Belgian and French forces board the Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Ethera
Bella 1, also known as the Marinera
The Russian "shadow fleet" tanker Smyrtos being boarded by UK forces
Map of Cuba
Read More
logo
Baird Maritime / Work Boat World
www.bairdmaritime.com