In the Middle East have escalated significantly. Israel has intensified its operations against Hezbollah following the assassination of Hassan Nasrallah on 28 September 2024, leading to a significant increase in Israeli strikes in Lebanon. Iran launched a major missile attack on Israel, codenamed Operation True Promise 2, on 01 October 2024, involving around 200 ballistic missiles in response to the killing of key figures within Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed groups. Despite the scale, most missiles were intercepted by Israel’s defence systems, indicating a failure in Iran’s strategy to overwhelm these defences.
An incident where a small coastal cargo vessel ran aground in a constricted channel.
On 18 October, Yemen’s Houthi militants announced that they targeted a Malta-flagged container ship named Megalopolis in the Arabian Sea using drones, although they did not specify when the attack occurred.
Over the past week, one CAT 2, two CAT 3 and one CAT 4 incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia between 15-21 October.