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.
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.