Weekly Maritime Incident Summary 03 – 09 February 2026

The Securewest International Maritime Assistance Centre (MAC) recorded 20 maritime-related incidents during the reporting period of 03 – 09 February 2026. The following incidents were recorded:

  • 03-FEB-26 General Security Warning – Warship sabotaged in the port of Hamburg, Germany.
  • 03-FEB-26 General Security Warning – Tanker STENA IMPERRATIVE approached by Iranian gunboats in Strait of Hormuz.
  • 03-FEB-26 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 28 migrants, intercepted off the coast of Izmir, Turkey.
  • 03-FEB-26 General Security Warning – Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack on the port of Chornomorsk, Ukraine.
  • 03-FEB-26 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 15 migrants die in boat collision off of Chios, Aegean Sea
  • 03-FEB-26 General Security Warning – US Military shoots down Iranian drone in over Arabian Sea
  • 03-FEB-26 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 47 migrants rescued in the central Mediterranean
  • 03-FEB-26 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 16 migrants, intercepted off the coast of Çanakkale, Turkey.
  • 04-FEB-26 Drug Interdiction – Colombian naval vessel conducts drug interdiction on country’s Pacific coast.
  • 05-FEB-26 Hijacking – Fishing vessel hijacked by armed group off the coast of Somalia.
  • 05-FEB-26 General Security Warning – Russian drone discovered floating off Karaburun, Turkey.
  • 05-FEB-26 General Security Warning – Two unidentified tankers seized by IRGC off Farsi Island, Persian Gulf.
  • 05-FEB-26 Drug Interdiction – French naval vessel conducts drug interdiction in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
  • 05-FEB-26 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 36 migrants, intercepted off the coast of Izmir, Turkey.
  • 06-FEB-26 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 53 migrants dead after dinghy capsizes off Libya.
  • 06-FEB-26 General Security Warning – Indian Coast Guard intercepts three Iran-linked sanctioned west of Mumbai.
  • 08-FEB-26 Robbery – Theft reported in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
  • 08-FEB-26 Migrant & Refugee Incident – 219 migrants cross the English Channel.
  • 08-FEB-26 General Security Warning – US military seizes sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean.
  • 09-FEB-26 Drugs Interdiction – U.S. Southern Command strike suspected drug smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific.

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