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Security · Piracy13 Sept 2026Garacad · Somali BasinUKMTO Warning 046-26, 26 April 2026: unauthorised persons took control of a cargo ship 6 nm north-east of Garacad and turned her into territorial waters.
Security · Chokepoints10 Sept 2026Bab el Mandeb · Southern Red SeaReuters, 10 September, four Yemeni government military sources: Houthis have Mocha. Attacks on the Hanish islands. Government forces and allies pushed south to Dhubab, on the strait across from Perim.
Security · Operations2 Sept 2026Red Sea · Bab el-Mandeb · Gulf of AdenQatar News Agency, reporting from Riyadh on 30 July, said a Multinational Maritime Defense Alliance was announced after a Saudi Ministry of Defense meeting of chiefs of staff from 43 countries plus an EU delegation.
Security · Operations26 Aug 2026Gulf of Aden · Somali BasinIMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez stated on 24 August that more than 90 seafarers are being held after a sixth vessel, Seamull, was hijacked on 20 August.
Security · Operations24 Aug 2026Red Sea · YanbuUKMTO Warning 119-26, issued 24 August, reports a tanker struck by an unknown projectile 63 nautical miles west of Yanbu, Saudi Arabia. The impact caused a fire on the main deck.
Operations · Security15 Aug 2026Oman · Suez · Singapore StraitCaroline Bezengi is on the rocks in an Omani reserve. The same class of ship loses engines in Suez and runs dark through the Singapore TSS. The question is not sanctions. It is who applies the rules before the oil is on their own coast.
Security14 Aug 2026East Med · Red SeaEgyptian authorities confirmed a drone started a fire on two gas ships at Damietta. Energos Winter took the main hit. The import unit is still out. Who launched the drone is not identified.