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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. 

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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.

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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.

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Over the past week, no incident of piracy and armed robbery against ships in Asia was between 19 – 25 December 2023.

Since January 2023, a total of 100 incidents comprising 99 actual incidents and one attempted incident of armed robbery against ships were reported to the Centre.