The Securewest International Maritime Assistance Centre (MAC) recorded 22 maritime-related incidents during the reporting period of 24 February – 02 March 2026. The following incidents were recorded:
- 24-FEB-26 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 74 migrants cross the English Channel.
- 24-FEB-26 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 14 migrants and two migrant smuggling suspects apprehended off Mugla, Turkey.
- 25-FEB-26 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 200 migrants intercepted by Spanish rescue services off the Balearic Islands.
- 25-FEB-26 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 605 migrants cross the English Channel.
- 26-FEB-26 Boarding – Attempted boarding of vessel off the coast of Jiifle, Somalia.
- 26-FEB-26 Attack – Seven fishing boats attacked by armed men off Ghana.
- 26-FEB-26 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 26 migrants and one migrant smuggling suspect apprehended off Izmir, Turkey.
- 26-FEB-26 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 40 migrants apprehended off the coast of Aydin, Turkey.
- 27-FEB-26 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 35 migrants intercepted off Izmir, Turkey.
- 28-FEB-26 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 32 migrants intercepted off Aydin, Turkey.
- 28-FEB-26 Drugs Interdiction – Drug smuggling vessel intercepted off Miami, Florida.
- 28-FEB-26 Robbery – Dinghy and outboard stolen in Curacao, Caribbean Sea.
- 01-MAR-26 General Security Warning – US Airstrikes / Middle East Escalation.
- 01-MAR-26 General Security Warning – Strait of Hormuz reportedly closed to vessel traffic by IRGC Navy.
- 01-MAR-26 Attack – Merchant vessel reports near miss approximately 35nm W of Sharjah, UAE.
- 01-MAR-26 Attack – Unidentified vessel attacked in the Strait of Hormuz approximately 17nm NW of Mina Saqr, UAE.
- 01-MAR-26 Attack – U.S Forces sink Iranian Jamaran-class corvette at Chah Bahar, southeastern Iran, Gulf of Oman.
- 01-MAR-26 Attack – Oil tanker attacked 50nm North of Muscat, Gulf of Oman.
- 01-MAR-26 Attack – Oman port of Duqm hit by drone attack.
- 01-MAR-26 Attack – Palau-flagged oil tanker SKYLIGHT attacked 5nm north of Khasab Port in the Strait of Hormuz.
- 02-MAR-26 Attempted Boarding – Attempted boarding of Iranian-flagged vessel by two skiffs off Garmaal, Somalia.
- 02-MAR-26 Attack – Tanker vessel STENA IMPERATIVE hit by unknown projectiles in Port of Bahrain.
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