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Asian Tribune Dept: Seaman Stanton would not disclose if the vessel was seen in international or U.S. territorial waters. The U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, according to its website, is responsible for 12-mile territorial waters off the U.S. west coast and also has jurisdiction in international waters. He declined to confirm an exact location of the vessel or if it has been boarded. “As this is an ongoing investigation, we can not disclose any more at this time,” he said, according to Globe And Mail. A top adviser to Canadian Forces, who asked not to be named because he is not supposed to speak with the media, said the navy is the only entity that could stop this vessel from entering Canadian territorial waters. “All I can say is that it is carrying the Thai flag and it is believed to be travelling towards British Columbia,” Adam Stanton of the Coast Guard’s Pacific area public affairs office said on Friday. The cargo ship, formerly known as MV Harin Panich 19, registered in Thailand, was reported to be travelling towards the Canadian coast after a failed attempt to reach Australia, according to Sri Lanka’s Sunday Observer. The vessel was allegedly sighted off the western coast of Guatemala on July 17, according to a report in the Asian Tribune that cited no sources. As reported in the news.
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