Sweden Arrests Crewmember After Boarding and Detaining Stateless Cargo Ship

Sweden Arrests Crewmember After Boarding and Detaining Stateless Cargo Ship

Swedish police and the Coast Guard swooped down on Friday afternoon, March 6, on a small cargo ship sailing through its territorial waters on suspici...

Sweden seizes cargo ship with ten Russians on board

Sweden boards cargo ship believed to be stateless in the Baltic Sea

Sweden last year said it would step up insurance checks on foreign ships

Swedish prosecutors charge Russian citizen after ‘shadow fleet’ cargo ship seized — Novaya Gazeta Europe

Prosecutors in Sweden filed criminal charges against the captain of a Russian “shadow fleet” vessel on Monday, after the ship was boarded and impounded by Sweden’s coast guard on Friday as it sailed through Swedish waters.

Sweden seizes Russian shadow ship and detains crewmember

Swedish authorities have seized the 96m cargo ship Caffa and detained one crewmember after a boarding off Trelleborg on Friday amid suspicions the vessel was stateless and carrying stolen Ukrainian grain. The coast guard said armed police boarded from a helicopter and a high‑speed boat (see video below) after tracking the ship for some time …

Swedish Coast Guard detains cargo ship 'Caffa', arrests 1 crew member under Op Black Coffee

At least one crew member was arrested on March 7 over alleged violations of the Maritime Act and the Ship Safety Act, as well as the usage of false documents.