Typhoon Gaemi sinks 1 ship, forces 3 aground in southern Taiwan: 9 sailors missing

Indonesian freighter "Iriana" aground in southern Taiwan

July 25, 2024July 25, 2024 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment ship aground, shipping accident, Taiwan Coast Guard, Typhoon Gaemi

Nine Myanmar nationals are missing after a ship capsized and sank off Taiwan’s southern coast, and three other vessels have run aground in sea and wind conditions affected by Typhoon Gaemi since yesterday, July 24. According to Taiwan’s National Coast Guard Administration, the Tanzanian-flagged freighter Fu Shun capsized and sank around 19 nautical miles off the coast of Kaohsiung City at around 6:30 am this morning. The crew of nine Myanmar nationals are suspected to have fallen into the sea

Military Affairs

June 10, 2024June 11, 2024 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment chineseasylumseekers, Danshui, New Taipei City, Taiwan Coast Guard, Tamsui

An investigation has been launched into the possible dereliction of duty of coast guard and naval personnel after a Chinese man in a speedboat breached an “Iron Defense Triangle,” and landed at the mouth of the river that leads to the nation’s capital. According to reports, coast guard officers arrested a Chinese national at Tamsui Fisherman’s Wharf following reports that a speedboat had collided with a ferry as it was berthing at around 11:00 am, yesterday, June 9. Taiwan’s National

coast guard special task unit officers board fast-moving speedboat

Marine and Fisheries

May 17, 2023May 17, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment coast guard, fishing, Matsu Islands, Taiwan Coast Guard, Taiwan Strait

Taiwan’s National Coast Guard Administration has deployed a team of elite special forces equipped with high-speed assault boats to intercept Chinese poachers using speedboats to evade larger coast guard vessels around islands close to the coast of China. The Kinmen-Matsu-Penghu Branch of the coast guard has dispatched the Special Task Unit to Dongyin Island, Taiwan’s northernmost territory, to combat an expected influx of Chinese poachers during the summer season. Fish poachers from the coast of China usually take advantage of

fishing boat carrying illegal immigrants

Breaking News

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment illegal immigration, people-smuggling, Pingtung County, Taiwan Coast Guard

Twelve Vietnamese nationals and two Taiwanese boat crew have been detained after coast guard officers intercepted a fishing vessel off the coast of Pingtung County three days ago. According to United Daily News, Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration detected a suspicious fishing boat off the coast near Fangliao Fishing Port on the evening of April 3. Coast guard officers intercepted and boarded the vessel, and upon inspection found 12 Vietnamese nationals suspected to be attempting to enter the country illegally. According

anti-boarding spikes on Chinese fishing boat

Marine and Fisheries

September 6, 2021September 6, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment Taiwan Coast Guard, Taiwan Strait, taiwanfisheries

Taiwan’s Coast Guard intercepted a Chinese fishing vessel operating illegally in waters near the Penghu Islands yesterday, and the boat was fitted with spikes designed to prevent boarding. Coast guard patrol boat #5053 was dispatched at 5:00 am, September 5, after a suspicious vessel was detected on radar. The crew of the patrol boat intercepted the Chinese-registered fishing boat 22.4 nautical miles southwest of Hua Islet. When the coast guard approached the vessel, it was noticed that three long steel

Animals

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment animal smuggling, Taiwan Coast Guard

The coast guard intercepted a fishing boat off the coast of Tainan City, Thursday, and found around 200 cats hidden on board the vessel. Kaohsiung Coast Guard Investigation Branch had been monitoring the vessel “Shun” via radar after it left Badouzi Fishing Port in northern Taiwan August 14 and found that the Shun made contact with a Chinese fishing boat off the Penghu Islands. The coast guard intercepted the boat around 8 nautical miles off the coast of Tainan City,

home made boat that landed on Wuqiu Island, Kinmen County

Society

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment illegal immigration, Kinmen, Taiwan Coast Guard

A man was arrested in Wuqiu Township, Kinmen County March 27, after sailing from Fujian Province, China, in a home made boat, the Coast Guard Administration (CGA) revealed today, March 30. The 37-year-old man named Li sailed the rudimentary craft, made from steel bars, Styrofoam, wooden boards, and powered with an outboard motor from his home on Meizhou Island. The CGA said that Li had departed from Meizhou Island in the daytime of March 27, and landed on the coast

Military Affairs

April 27, 2020April 27, 2020 Phillip Charlier 1 Comment Anping Class Coast Guard Patrol Ship, Taiwan Coast Guard

The first twin-hull high-speed Anping-class coast guard cutter was launched in Kaohsiung today, April 27, and is designed with both peacetime and wartime capabilities. The 600-ton vessel is a coast guard version of the ROC Navy’s Tuo Chiang class stealth missile corvette, dubbed Taiwan’s “carrier killer” ship. Fitted with a water cannon, and the multi-barrel Zhenhai rocket system, the ships are fitted for use in peacetime coastal and border defense operations. However the ships can also carry the same anti-land

Drugs

December 12, 2019December 12, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment amphetamines, drug smuggling, Japan-Taiwan, Taiwan Coast Guard

At least three Taiwanese suspects were arrested yesterday, after Japan Coast Guard officers and police intercepted a vessel in Kumamoto Prefecture attempting to smuggle 600 kilograms of amphetamine into Japan. Taiwan Coast Guard Administration officers in Kaohsiung tipped off their counterparts in Japan after receiving information on a transnational narcotics smuggling operation headed by a Taiwanese national named Huang. According to reports, Taiwan’s Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) had been investigating the case for several months, and after notifying Japan’s National

Marine and Fisheries

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 Phillip Charlier 0 Comment marine search and rescue, ship-sinking, shipping accident, Taiwan Coast Guard, Taiwan Strait

Thirteen people were rescued and 12 are still missing after one gravel ship sank and another overturned in the middle of the Taiwan Strait yesterday, October 6. Taiwan’s National Rescue Command Center received a distress call from the vessels early yesterday morning. A Coast Guard vessel was dispatched from Penghu, Taiwan to assist in the search and rescue operation. Other vessels and a helicopter were dispatched from China, while a fixed wing aircraft from Hong Kong also assisted. According to

Taiwan Coast Guard

Typhoon Gaemi sinks 1 ship, forces 3 aground in southern Taiwan: 9 sailors missing

Chinese man arrives in Taipei on a speedboat, sparking security concerns

Taiwan coast guard deploys elite unit for high-speed intercepts of Chinese speedboats

Coast Guard intercepts people smugglers in southern Taiwan waters

Chinese fishing boat fitted with anti-boarding spikes fails to evade Taiwan coast guard

Coast guard intercepts cat smugglers off south Taiwan coast

Yearning for Taiwan’s democracy and freedom, Chinese man sails to Kinmen County in home made boat

New coast guard ships designed to double up as missile corvettes in wartime

Taiwan and Japan coast guards, police, cooperate in 600kg amphetamine smuggling operation bust

12 missing after ship sinks, another overturns in the Taiwan Strait