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.
A vessel was hit by an unidentified projectile while exiting the Strait of Hormuz, damaging its engine room and resulting in a crew casualty, according to UKMTO.
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.
More commercial vessels have been attacked in the Strait of Hormuz as US-Iran negotiations remain stalled and Washington prepares additional economic measures against Iran.
IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has condemned the fatal attack on cargo ship TIHAMAH off Al Mokha, Yemen, after several seafarers were confirmed dead.
The third engineer of Minoan Pioneer is missing after an unidentified projectile caused a blackout and accommodation fire near Al Khasab in the Strait of Hormuz on 3 August 2026.
The United Nations has urged Gulf countries and maritime stakeholders to help evacuate about 6,000 seafarers stranded across the Strait of Hormuz and nearby waters.
A Mumbai court sentenced 44 Somali pirates to life imprisonment in two cases involving the hijackings of MV Ruen and the Iranian fishing vessel Al-Kambar 786.
Dynacom Tankers’ Kavomaleas was abandoned after two projectiles caused an engine-room fire near Kumzar, Oman. All crew members were rescued and taken safely ashore.
