Piracy / armed maritime incident
Asana oil tanker seizure
17 July 2026
Off Mukalla, Hadramawt, Yemen
What happened
The oil tanker Asana was illegally boarded off Yemen near Mukalla. Yemen's coastguard attributed the seizure to suspected Somali pirates; UKMTO, citing military sources, reported an illegal boarding by unauthorized personnel. The marker is approximate because public reports gave differing distances from Mukalla.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 13.8500°
- Longitude
- 49.1500°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.