MSCIO reported a small craft firing on a northbound containership in the southern Red Sea on 7 October. Marisks identified…
Category: Maritime Security
Orissa High Court orders Unity’s 23 abandoned crew home
The Orissa High Court on 6 October ordered India to repatriate 23 abandoned seafarers from the detained tanker Unity at…
UKMTO logs a tanker hit north of Qatar after Warning 158-26
UKMTO Warning 158-26 said a tanker 51 nautical miles north of Madinat ash Shamal, Qatar, was struck by multiple projectiles…
Hormuz tanker attacks hit a wartime weekly high, sources say
Reuters reported on 7 October that maritime security sources counted at least 12 attacks on oil, LNG and LPG tankers…
Greece names Maran Gas Mystras after a Hormuz waterline hit
Greece’s Ministry of Shipping said the Greek-flag LNG carrier Maran Gas Mystras was struck by an unidentified projectile while leaving…
Qatar stages 12 empty LNG carriers in the Gulf
Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, 7 October, that Qatar has amassed a fleet of empty liquefied-natural-gas carriers in the Persian Gulf,…
India and Oman name On Peace after 12 seafarers are injured off Musandam
India’s Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday, 6 October, that a Panama-flagged commercial vessel, MT On Peace, IMO 9893204,…
Russia says Aframax Rio is ablaze after unmanned boats off Sochi
Russia’s Transport Ministry said on Tuesday, 6 October, that the Liberia-flag tanker Aframax Rio had been set alight off the…
Bulgaria hunts Alfa Watan crew after drones hit two ships east of Byala
Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Tuesday, 6 October, that two merchant ships had been attacked by sea and…
Odesa says a Marshall Islands rapeseed-oil ship was hit, killing a steward
Oleh Kiper, head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration, said on Tuesday, 6 October, that a Russian drone had struck…
