FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin A tanker was approached by six small boats around 50 nautical miles south of Aden, Yemen, on 13 July, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). UKMTO said one of the boats closed to within five cables of the vessel, prompting the tanker’s armed security team to fire warning shots. The other five boats remained at a distance of about one nautical mile. RelatedNews Drone attack damages four vessels, leaving one seafarer dead in Sea of Azov IMO Piracy Report: 3 incidents during May 2026 var jnews_module_21378019_0_6a54f2ee37bd8 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21378019","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"280,239,203,374","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"","google_slot_id":"","google_desktop":"auto","google_tab":"auto","google_phone":"auto",