FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Between 1 and 3 May 2026, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) issued a series of warnings reporting multiple security incidents across key regional waterways. On 1 May, UKMTO reported an incident within the IRTC, 92NM southwest of Al Mukalla, Yemen, where the Master of a bulk carrier observed a black-hulled skiff carrying seven armed persons approaching the vessel. RelatedNews Iranian vessel reportedly on fire days after US navy operation Windward: Hormuz shipping is increasingly going dark var jnews_module_21371710_0_6a03df73ee941 = {"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":"21371710","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,280,2647,203","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_p