A Liberia-flagged bulk carrier had reportedly been boarded by armed individuals southeast of Eyl, Somalia, Reuters highlights.
A Malta-flagged container ship observed three explosions, 15 miles southwest of Yemen’s Mocha.
Ambrey indicated that three missiles were fired from Yemen’s Taiz Governorate. A nearby vessel reported sighting a small boat, approximately 50 meters in length, with two lights, within 1 mile of the incident location, Reuters notes.
An undetermined number of pirates yesterday boarded the chemical tanker Hana I in Malabo, near Equatorial Guinea’s capital and port city.
On January 1, an assault occurred on the Tuvalu-registered tanker that was travelling from Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to Douala, Cameroon. According to first accounts, the pirates abducted two members of the crew.
A Panama-flagged bulk carrier bound for a River Danube port to load grain hit a Russian mine in the Black Sea, leading to two crew members being wounded.