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List of Ship Arrests and Releases

This page contains details of ship arrests and releases since 2016 and is updated after the arrest warrants have been executed or the release effected.

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Matter No.ShipLocation Arresting Registry Date of arrest Date of release
NSD629/2025 Yangze 22 Port of Newcastle NSW 6 May 2025, 12:13 AEST  
NSD750/2024 Southern Star Cabarita Marina NSW 17 Jun 2024, 14:50 AEST 25 Jun 2024, 9:50 AEST
NSD502/2024 Eleen Sofia Hay Point, Mackay NSW 29 Apr 2024, 19:48 AEST 4 May 2024, 1:55pm AEST
NSD470/2024 Maha Aarti (as surrogate for The Ship "Maha Anosha") Anchorage, Port Phillip Bay VIC 23 Apr 2024, 11:01 AEST 27 Apr 2024, 8:01 AEST
QUD175/2024 Bluefin Hemmant, QLD QLD 5 Apr 2024, 8:55 AEST  
QUD174/2024 Oasis Raptis Wharf, Brisbane QLD 4 Apr 2024, 15:35 AEST 5 Apr 2024, 14:31 AEST
QUD437/2023 Merlion Sovereign Islands, Gold Coast, QLD QLD 23 Oct 2023, 13:05 AEST  3 May 2024, 16:19 AEST
WAD213/2023 Caledonian Sky Port of Broome, Roebuck Bay, WA WA 5 Sep 2023, 07:15 AWST 2 Oct 2023, 10:32 ACST
NSD902/2023 Caledonian Sky Roebuck Bay, WA WA 25 Aug 2023, 15:15 AWST  5 Sep 2023, 07:10 AWST
VID529/2023 Voyager P Port of Geelong, VIC VIC 14 Jul 2023, 14:11 AEST 6 Sep 2024, 11:14am AEST
NSD958/2022 Yangtze Fortune Portland, VIC VIC 2 Dec 2002, 12:05 AEST 14 Mar 2023, 17:32 AEDT
NSD829/2022 Nine Eagle Port of Darwin NT 29 Sep 2022, 13:00 ACST 30 Sep 2022, 7:45 ACST
NSD657/2022 Island Escape Roebuck Bay, Broome WA 19 Aug 2022, 19:10 AWST 23 Feb 2023, 12:09 AWST
NSD591/2022 Lihir Chief (IMO 9519327) Port of Brisbane, Queensland QLD 10 Aug 2022, 16:35 AEST 22 Aug 2022, 18:20 AEST
NSD301/2022 AG Neptune Port of Newcastle, NSW;
Released from Gladstone, Queensland (at anchor)
NSW 3 May 2022, 10:12 AEST 25 Jul 2022, 12:00 noon AEST
NSD173/2022 MV "OSGOOD" Vincent Oil Field, WA WA 12 Mar 2022, 15:34 WST 14 Mar 2022, 11:25 WST
NSD118/2022 The Ship "Vishva Vinay" Abbot Point, Queensland NSW 22 Feb 2022, 15:18 AEST 26 Feb 2022, 09:04 AEST
NSD102/2022 MT Osgood Anchorage, Port Cartwright, QLD QLD 18 Feb 2022, 18:17 AEST 19 Feb 2022, 22:20 AEST
NSD788/2021 The Ship 'SEADECK' Cockatoo Island Marina, NSW NSW 6 Aug 2021, 09:39 AEST 24 Dec 2021, 13:36 AEDT
NSD763/2021 The Ship 'CARAVOS TRIUMPH' Outer Harbour, SA SA 4 Aug 2021, 08:58 ACST 6 Aug 2021, 12:30 ACST
QUD196/2021 The Ship 'SEAPRINCESS' Mooloolaba, QLD QLD 23 Jun 2021, 20:53 AEST 25 Jun 2021, 23:45 AEST
NSD1345/2020 The Yacht 'Loretta" Southport, QLD QLD 18 Dec 2020, 12:20 AEST 30 Dec 2020,
19:20 AEST
NSD1273/2020 The Ship 'INCE PACIFIC' Albany, WA WA 3 Dec 2020, 11:30 WST 7 Dec 2020, 14:20 WST
QUD333/2020 The Ship 'Kookaburra River Queen I' Brisbane, QLD QLD 29 Oct 2020, 14:41 AEST 30 Oct 2020, 17:17 AEST
  • Teras Bandicoot
  • Lauren Hansen
Darwin Harbour, WA WA 20 Aug 2020, 19:00 AEST 29 Dec 2020
NSD836/2020 Puerto Rosario Abbot Point, QLD NSW  2 Aug 2020, 13:12 pm AEST 7 Aug 2020, 12:08 pm AEST
NSD724/2020 Le Bleu Cockatoo Island, NSW NSW 3 Jul 2020, 10:30 am AEST 20 Aug 2020, 12.10pm AEST
NSD121/2020 YM Eternity Port Botany, NSW NSW 9 Feb 2020, 6:50 am AEDT 10 Feb 2020, 7:35 pm AEDT
WAD461/2019 Seaeye Leopard Welshpool, WA WA 22 Jan 2020, 15:00 pm WST 11 Mar 2020, 12:00 AWST
NSD1927/2019 Banyan formally known as Voyager and Jamie Thursday Island, QLD NSW 29 Nov2019, 15.00 pm AEDT 7 Jan 2020, 15:20 pm AEDT
QUD529/2019 Pacific Queen Port Sampson, WA WA 2 Sep 2019, 14.55 pm WST 3 Sep 2019, 1330 pm WST
WAD381/2019 Bella Isha Frances Bay Mooring NT 31 Jul 2019, 1305 pm ACST 1 Aug 2019
NSD91/2019 INDUS VICTORY Hay Point, Mackay NSW 24 Jan 2019, 0910 pm AEST 25 Jan 2019
QUD22/2019 CASA P190 Trinity Inlet, Cairns QLD 11 Jan 2019, 1452 pm AEST 16 Jan 2019, 1300 pm AEST
NSD2390/2018 Monster Project Rushcutter's Bay, NSW NSW 22 Dec 2018, 1445 pm AEDT 16 Jul 2019, 1727 pm AEST
NSD2210/2018 Maria G.O. Port Gladstone, QLD NSW 29 Nov2018, 1335 pm AEDT 5 Dec 2018, 1356 pm AEDT
VID1441/2018 MV "DIAMOND-T" Port Phillip Bay, VIC VIC 16 Nov 2018, 3:07 pm AEDT 26 Nov 2018, 5:00 pm AEDT
NSD2021/2018 Afra Willow Gellibrand berth, VIC VIC 12 Nov 2018, 11:10 am AEDT 13 Nov 2018, 10:30 am AEDT
NSD2072/2018
NSD1982/2018
Dangjin Port of Newcastle, NSW NSW 28 Oct 2018, 08:25 am AEDT 15 Nov 2018, 11:00 am AEDT
NSD914/2018 Kythira 1 Port of Bunbury, WA WA 4 Jun 2018, 6 am AWST 6 Jun 2018, 8:50 pm WST
NSD626/2018 The Reef Sydney City Marine, Rozelle, NSW NSW 24 Apr 2018, 4.10 pm AEST 15 May 2018
NSD523/2018 MV Umbra Cairns Marina, QLD QLD 10 Apr 2018, 11:45 am EST 19 Apr 2018
NSD34/2018 Thorco Luna Port Alma, QLD QLD 25 Jan 2018, 9:17 am AEST 2 Feb 2018
VID1104/2017 Dragon Pearl Port of Darwin (Cullen Bay Marina) NT 16 Oct 2017, 13:10 am ACST 20 Jun 2018
NSD1213/2017 MV "SOLAR EMBER" Port of Newcastle, NSW NSW 22 Jul 2017, 7:05 am EST 23 Jul 2017, 12:05 pm AEST
NSD1052/2017 MV "RENA" Hay Point, QLD - at anchor QLD 30 Jun 2017, 9:45 am EST 5 Jul 2017, 9:10 am AEST
VID356/2017 Bareilly Port of Melbourne, VIC VIC 20 Apr 2017, 21:55 pm WST 5 May 2017
WAD41/2017 Capetan Giorgis Port Albany, WA WA 14 Feb 2017, 9:20 pm WST 24 Feb 2017
SAD311/2016 Sandman Bundaberg, QLD QLD 12 Nov 2016, 13:27 pm AEST 16 Nov 2016, 2:00 pm AEST
NSD1487/2016NSD1505/2016 Hanjin California Port Botany, NSW NSW 5 Sep 2016, 22:40 pm AEST 4 Oct 2016, 10.19 am AEST
QUD570/2016 Five Stars Fujian Gladstone, QLD QLD 28 Jul 2016 10 Aug 2016 
NSD931/2016 Piet Newcastle Port, NSW NSW 12 Jun 2016 14 Jun 2016
NSD923/2016 Thorco Glory Port Pirie, SA NSW 10 Jun 2016 11 Jun 2016
WAD162/2016 Oriental Dragon Geraldton WA 1 May 2016 2 May 2016
NSD387/2016 Sea Pluto Corio, Geelong VIC VIC 21 Mar 2016 22 Mar 2016
NSD380/2016 Maratha Paramount Geraldton, WA WA 18 Mar 2016 21 Mar 2016
NSD384/2016 Navios Fantastiks Hay Point, Queensland QLD 18 Mar 2016 19 Mar 2016
NSD363/2016 MV Pigi Whyalla, SA SA 15 Mar 2016 17 Mar 2016
NSD215/2016 Hyundai Spirit Newcastle, NSW NSW 12 Feb 2016 13 Feb 2016
NSD183/2016 Great Ocean Port Kembla, NSW NSW 6 Feb 2016 12 Feb 2016
WAD8/2016 Storm Rider Bunbury Harbour WA 14 Jan 2016 14 Jan 2016
WAD3/2016 Longkou Cockburn Sound, Port of Fremantle WA WA 5 Jan 2016 20 Jan 2016

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