Piracy / armed maritime incident
IMB 030-26 · Attempted container-vessel boarding
15 June 2026 · 0736 GMT (UTC+0)
Gulf of Aden
What happened
The ICC International Maritime Bureau reported that seven armed people fired on and attempted to board a container vessel. The master took evasive action and the attempt was aborted. The public report does not identify the vessel or establish the attackers’ identities.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 13.1800°
- Longitude
- 46.4650°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.