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Over the past week, 09-15 June, one (CAT 3) incident of armed robbery against ships in Asia
the incident occurred onboard a bulk carrier while underway in the Straits of Malacca & Singapore on 13 Jun 2026. Four perpetrators were sighted in the engine room. One of the perpetrators carried a gun-like object and the other three were unarmed.
Area of concern
With the incident reported in SS, a total of 20 incidents were reported in SOMS since January 2026. The ships shall to continue to intensify vigilance, maintain a sharp look-out while transiting areas of concern and report all incidents to the law enforcement agencies immediately. The Centre also urges the littoral States to increase patrols and enforcement in their respective waters, respond promptly to incidents, strengthen coordination and promote information sharing on incidents and the criminal groups involved to arrest the perpetrators.
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The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) has issued an investigation report into an incident where a bulk carrier in Cook Strait suffered a lifting operation failure, causing serious head injuries.
What happened
On 20 March 2025, a bulk carrier was drifting in Cook Strait while waiting for an available berth at the Port of Wellington. The weather had been rough in the days leading up to the incident, resulting in two cargo lashing chains washing off the deck and trailing over the ship’s side. The crew developed a plan to retrieve the chains using an improvised lifting system powered by a mooring winch. During the recovery of the second lashing chain, a web sling used to anchor the lifting system to the ship’s structure failed. As a result, components of the lifting system struck one of the able seamen, causing him to fall into the bosun. The able seaman sustained serious head injuries and required medical evacuation by helicopter.
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Below you will find a weekly report dated 17 June 2026, covering the period of 11 to 17 June, where the following incidents were reported:
- 0 maritime security incidents in West Africa in the last 7 days
- 2 maritime security incidents in the Indian Ocean/Middle East in the last 7 days
- 4 Somalia-based piracy incidents reported in the last 7 days.
Full advisory at the following link.
https://mailchi.mp/tindallriley/loss-prevention-security-update180626?e=f3da49a36b
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Off the coast of Oman over the weekend, 16 tankers clustered together to transfer millions of barrels of oil that had been stranded in the Persian Gulf. A month ago, that area had been entirely empty.
They’re part of a growing number of tankers that are turning their transponders off to lift oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz from a trickle to a stream. While conventional vessel-tracking data show little change in shipments, senior shipping executives, Asian oil buyers and satellite images paint a different picture: That Hormuz is now a lot less blocked, with transits becoming more steady and greater in volume.
The increase in Gulf producers’ ships going dark to sneak through undetected by Iran is at the heart of the rise in flows, coinciding with a period where the US has been helping ships navigate through the waterway. The recent volumes add to signs that the oil market is managing to route enough to buyers and avert a price surge as the Iran war causes the biggest supply disruption in oil market history.
Middle East producers have been using vessels they control to ferry barrels outside of Hormuz — avoiding the stratospheric fees that would be commanded by the small number of shipowners willing to transit. After exiting, they then transfer oil onto tankers that take the cargoes to buyers in Asia and elsewhere.
“There’s an increase in trends as we’re observing,” said Larry Johnson, head of freight at commodity trader Mercuria Energy Group. “They’re mainly or exclusively government-owned ships that are making it through,” he said, adding that those vessels “seem to have channels of communication and means of securing safe passage somehow, some way.”