Port or tanker

Unidentified vessel — seized at anchor and taken toward Iranian waters

14 May 2026 · 05:45 GMT

38 NM northeast of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates

What happened

The company security officer reported that an unidentified vessel was taken by unauthorised personnel while at anchor approximately 38 nautical miles northeast of Fujairah and was proceeding toward Iranian territorial waters. UKMTO continued to investigate and did not identify the boarding party, report casualties or damage, or attribute responsibility. A later JMIC incident table described the vessel type as fishery research and continued to withhold its name. The identifier #28082035 appears in some web listings for this record, but the official UKMTO warning number is 057-26 and the agency classified it as Suspicious Activity rather than Attack. The marker position is approximate, calculated from the reported distance and direction from Fujairah.

Evidence
Documented
Confidence
High
Infrastructure
Port or tanker
Latitude
25.5800°
Longitude
56.8500°

Attribution

Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.

Sources

  1. UKMTO Warning 057-26 — Suspicious ActivityUK Maritime Trade Operations · Incident reporting