11/21/1977 – The “Don Carlos” was seized by members of a Moslean Separatist rebel group.
11/21/1977 – The Danish vessel “Lindinger ivor” was attacked by pirates on the Lagos coast.
10/23/1976 – Lebanon. The Greek vessels “Rko”, “Riri”, and “Spiro” were bombed and sank.
9/16/1976 – U.S. A Soviet cargo ship was bombed by an anti-Castro refugee group.
8/1/1976 – The Greek vessel “Tina” was sunk by three limpet mines.
8/4/1975 – U.S. A group called “Jaws” bombed the Bahamian vessel “Goldfinger II.”
10/7/1974 – Argentina. The Argentine vessel “Mykinai” was bombed.
5/1/1974 – U.S. The “Caribe Star” was sunk in Los Angeles Harbor by a bomb.
6/5/1973 – U.S. An ex-Yankee baseball player, Gerry Priddy threatened to blow up a Princess Cruise passenger liner at sea.
2/19/1971 – Turkey. A U.S. Army passenger vessel was bombed.
1/22/1961 – Caribbean. The Portuguese liner “Santa Maria” was seized by 70 men, led by Captain Henrique Galvao.
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The program Global Shield identifies illegal chemical precursors that could be used to create IEDs. Partnership programs, such as the Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism (C-TPAT), charter both public and private resources to give members certification in order to expedite shipment processing of cargo at ports. The Secure Freight Initiative (SFI) screens all U.S. bound cargo for radioactive materials at their port of origin. High risk shipments that generate an alarm are reported in real-time to CBP and host countries. “Inmarsat provides 90 percent commercial communication via satellite spot beams.” (Tracking and monitoring of containerized cargo ships (video),