GULF OF ADEN, off Yemen: A Yemen tanker incident was reported Thursday after an unauthorised vessel approached a westbound tanker, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations said.
UKMTO placed the incident about 136 nautical miles east of Mukalla, a port city on Yemen’s southern coast. The maritime security agency said it had received a report of the approach but provided no further details.
UKMTO did not identify the tanker or the approaching vessel in the information cited by Reuters. The agency also did not confirm whether the tanker sustained damage or whether its crew was safe.
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The incident occurred in the Gulf of Aden, a major shipping route off Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula. The supplied Reuters report did not provide an exact event time or details about the circumstances surrounding the approach.
