General · 23 August 2026

Somali pirates hijack oil tanker off Yemen coast

This is the sixth commercial vessel seized by Somali pirates since April, marking a resurgence in attacks. Six armed pirates took the Eritrean-flagged M.T. Sibu 1 on Thursday, 136 nautical miles east of al-Mukalla, Yemen. The vessel carried 20 crew members, 16 of whom were Indian nationals, and was sailing towards the Puntland coast of Somalia.

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