Loss Prevention Advice
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Below you will find a weekly report dated 2 July 2025, covering the period of 26 June to 2 July 2025, where no incidents were reported:
- 0 maritime security incidents in West Africa in the last 7 days
- 0 maritime security incidents in the Indian Ocean/Middle East in the last 7 days.
Full advisory at the following link.
https://britanniapandi.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ARC-Weekly-Report-02.07.25.pdf
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Over the past week, 24-30 June, two incidents of armed robbery against ships in Asia (one CAT 3 incident and one CAT 4 incident).
One incident occurred onboard ships while underway off Pulau Cula, Indonesia, in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) of Singapore Strait (SS), and another incident occurred onboard a ship at Kakinada Anchorage of India. The crew members were not injured in the two incidents. Some engine spare parts were stolen in one incident and nothing stolen in the other incident.
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A maritime security update pointing out awave of suspected underwater explosive attacks on commercial oil tankers in the Mediterranean throughout 2025 has heightened regional security concerns.
Dryad Global claims that it has identified a clear pattern, as vessels recently calling at Russian ports are being targeted by suspected limpet mines, raising fears of a deliberate sabotage campaign tied to geopolitical fallout from western sanctions on Russian oil exports.
Latest incident: explosion off Libya
On 29 June, the Malta-flagged crude oil tanker VILAMOURA, operated by a Greek firm, suffered a significant blast off the Libyan coast near Benghazi. The explosion caused severe engine room flooding, rendering the vessel uncontrollable until towed to safety. Early assessments point to a possible limpet mine, although official confirmation from Greek and Libyan investigators is expected by July.
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An alert on the continued occurrence of incidents of sea robbery onboard ships while underway in the Singapore Strait and warns a possibility of further incidents.
According to, three incidents of sea robbery were reported on ships while transiting the Phillip Channel, in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) in the Singapore Strait (SS) on 1 July 2025, within a time interval of three hours (between 0150 hrs and 0440 hrs). The incidents occurred in close proximity with each other (between 1.4 nm to 3.5 nm apart).