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A Greek-owned LR2 tanker managed by Metrostar Management was hit by an unidentified projectile off the coast of Oman, disabling its engine room near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
Global piracy fell to a 35-year Q1 low, but the Gulf of Guinea and Singapore Strait both bucked the trend with a rise in serious incidents.
ReCAAP recorded 108 piracy and armed robbery incidents in the Malacca and Singapore Straits in 2025, a 19-year high, with hijackings resuming into early 2026.
Brussels has unveiled a EUR347 million Cable Security Toolbox after another suspected sabotage incident damaged a Lithuania-Latvia telecoms cable in January.
Five ECOWAS navies have joined Nigeria in a Combined Maritime Task Force even as kidnap-for-ransom incidents continue elsewhere in the Gulf of Guinea.
Armed pirates boarded the cargo ship Lutuf off Somalia’s coast on August 17, the sixth hijacking since April — a resurgence not seen in years.
