Reuters reported on September 7 that Iran will formally announce a new maritime restricted zone in the Persian Gulf within days. The move comes amid renewed U.S.-Iran tensions and will have significant implications for international shipping and energy markets.
US Central Command confirms a military helicopter fired missiles at a Panama-flagged cargo vessel attempting to break the Iran blockade in the Gulf of Oman, hitting its engine room.
Somali pirates hijack the MT Eureka oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen’s coast and steer it toward Somalia, marking the second tanker hijacking in the area within 10 days.
Piracy off the Somali coast has sharply escalated, with at least four vessels hijacked in suspected incidents over the past week, prompting the UK Maritime Trade Operations to raise the threat level to ‘substantial.’