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The 'HK Tug' was subject to an incident of armed robbery again, while being underway with the barge 'LKH 2882' in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme in the Singapore Strait in pos. 1° 14.42' N 104° 0.97' E on Oct 17, 2026, at 3.23 p.m. The towed barge was boarded by six unarmed perpetrators. While the crew was not injured, scrap metals were stolen from the barge. The last robberies were by five perpetratos about 3.8 nautical miles from Pulau Nongsa, in pos. 01° 15'64 N 104° 6'19 E, in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore on Jan 16, 2026, at 1.35 a.m., and by 18 perpetratos on Dec 25, 2025, at 1.30 p.m. and at 3.10 p.m., while being underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme of the Singapore Strait in pos. 01° 12'38 N 103° 54'88 E.

On Apr 15, 2017, at 9.30 p.m. the 'Alheera' issued a distress signal, reporting being under pirates attack in the Gulf of Aden off the Yemen coast, 170 miles east of Aden. ´The Chinese Navy frigate 'Yulin' , known for taking part in freeing the cargo m/v 'OS 35' from hijackers some days earlier, happened to be nearest, and rushed to assist. The frigate’s helicopter was deployed to thwart the pirates in position 12 43 N 048 02 E. The vessel was under attack by a small boat with 5 POB, reportedly shots were fired towards the tanker. The pirates aboarted the attack.

While the 'HK Tug 8' towed the barge 'LKH 2882', the latter was boarded twice by on the whole 18 perpetratos on Dec 25 at 1.30 p.m. and at 3.10 p.m., while being underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme of the Singapore Strait in pos. 01° 12'38 N 103° 54'88 E. The crew members were not injured, but some scrap metals were stolen.

The 'STI Amber' was boarded by robbers in position 17 02 24.0 N, 82 26 06.0 E, at the Kakinada anchorage on Nov 17, 2018, at 10.15 p.m. The robbers stole vessel's stores and escaped. The theft was discovered during the next routine rounds. Kakinada port control, the Indian Coast Guard and the vessel's agents were informed about the incident.

After rest of the crew if the ' Honour 25' was disembarked in Bosaso on Oct 4, international efforts to gather forensic evidence from the vessel have been undertaken. As reported in FTL Somalia’s coverage of INTERPOL’s support, the agency’s experts advised Somali authorities on the packaging and secure transport of crime scene evidence from the tanker for potential fingerprint extraction, following a dedicated action week in Bossaso.