Piracy / armed maritime incident
IMB 035-26 · Attempted tanker boarding
21 June 2026 · 1012 GMT (UTC+0)
Gulf of Aden
What happened
The ICC International Maritime Bureau reported that five armed people in a skiff attempted to board a tanker. The master took evasive action and the approach was aborted. The public report does not identify the tanker or establish the attackers’ identities.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 14.5135°
- Longitude
- 50.3218°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.