The Coast Guard of Taiwan, reported by Taiwan News, seized an indigested vessel suspected of being a sugar in a banned water from North -West Taiwan.
At 8 am (local time) on Sunday morning, a Coast Guest Patrol Boat investigated a suspected vessel in a banned water in a restricted water in the north -west of the Yongan Fishing Port in Shinavu district of Tayuan, Taiwan News cited CNA. The report stated that as soon as the vessel boat approached the vessel, the Coast Guard officials noticed that the ship was unknown and an order was aired to stay for inspection.
The vessel did not follow the order and developed inspection by moving forward in a zigzag pattern. Eventually, Taiwan’s Coast Guard stopped the vessel. The name of the unregistered fuel freiter was deliberately removed, which means that it has no name, port of registry or ship registration. The Coast Guard of Taiwan suspects that it was an attempt to fuel other Chinese ships illegally working in the region.
The ship was carrying around 500,000 liters of fuel and all six crew members on the board were suspected of being a Chinese citizen. However, no person had any identity documents. Taiwan News reported that the ship has been taken back to Taipei’s port. The Taiwan Coast Guard stated that unscrupulous Chinese ships often try to cross the northern Taiwan for illegal operations.
Under the Cross-Strait Act, such infiltration is dealt with through tasks such as expulsion, detention, investigation, seizing of vessel and administrative penalty. Taiwan News reported that according to Taiwan’s Coast Guard, since six crew members are suspected of being a Chinese citizen, the local patrol unit needs to contact its relatives or friends, so that they can provide IDs and photos for verification.
Meanwhile, the crew members will be placed at the local Coast Guard Nirodh center. After confirming the identity of the crew members, the Taiwan court guard said that six suspects would face administrative punishment under relevant rules. Once they pay their fine, they will be deported.
To compete with these activities, the Taiwan Coast Guard said that he/she had increased the patrol and would conduct enforcement operations. The Taiwan Coast Guard said that fuel supply specifically targets ships to reduce logical support for illegal sugar operations. The people of Taiwan have been asked to report any illegal or suspected maritime activities by calling the “118” hotline of the Coast Guard.
