Piracy / armed maritime incident
UKMTO 079-26 · Armed attack report
5 July 2026 · 0719 GMT (UTC+0)
30 NM southwest of Al Hudaydah, Yemen
What happened
UKMTO received a distress alert from a cargo vessel reported to be under attack by unknown armed assailants. UKMTO did not classify the event as piracy. The vessel identity, motive, responsibility, casualties, and damage were not established in the cited warning.
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
- Reported / attributed
- Confidence
- Moderate
- Infrastructure
- Port or tanker
- Latitude
- 14.5000°
- Longitude
- 42.7500°
Attribution
Responsibility has not been established in the cited reporting.