Piracy / armed maritime incident
UKMTO 077-26 · Illegal boarding
1 July 2026 · 0715 GMT (UTC+0)
76 NM south of Balhaf, Yemen
What happened
UKMTO reclassified the event as an illegal boarding. Its update said four people armed with an RPG damaged the bridge and adjacent compartments before their small craft departed. The crew were reported safe in the citadel. The vessel identity, motive, and affiliation of those involved were not stated.
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- Evidence
- Documented
- Confidence
- High
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 12.8000°
- Longitude
- 48.2000°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.