An unidentified unmanned cargo ship has been declared a total loss after multiple projectile strikes in the southern Red Sea, about 40 nautical miles southeast of Al Mokha, Yemen.
Cameroon-flagged cargo ship Lutuf was hijacked by eight armed people off Somalia on 17 August, amid continued opportunistic pirate activity along the Somali coast.
One fisherman died and 16 others were rescued after Viet Thuan 11-07 collided with fishing vessel BTh 98379 TS off southern Vietnam.
A cargo ship reported an attack southwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen. UKMTO said authorities are investigating the incident, following separate suspected piracy reports south of Balhaf.
Cargo ship Eileen sank in the Black Sea off Bulgaria’s Cape Emine, with all 10 crew rescued by naval and maritime authorities.
