Piracy / armed maritime incident
MV Ruen hijacking
December 2023
Indian Ocean, off Somalia
What happened
Somali pirates hijacked the Maltese-flagged bulk carrier Ruen, the first successful hijacking off Somalia since 2017 and an early signal of the piracy resurgence that followed.
When cited sources give different casualty, damage or spill figures for this event, they’re reported side by side above rather than merged into one number. See how confidence levels work.
- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 5.0000°
- Longitude
- 50.0000°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.