Weekly Maritime Incident Summary 23 – 29 December 2025

The Securewest International Maritime Assistance Centre (MAC) recorded 17 maritime-related incidents during the reporting period of 23 – 29 December 2025. The following incidents were recorded:

  • 23-DEC-25 Drugs Interdiction – Over 26 kilos of cocaine intercepted in British Columbia, Canada.
  • 23-DEC-25 Drugs Interdiction – Over 53 kilos of cocaine intercepted in Wexford port, Ireland.
  • 24-DEC-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 34 migrants intercepted off Canakkale, Turkey.
  • 24-DEC-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – Migrant vessel capsizes in central Mediterranean Sea.
  • 24-DEC-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – Migrant vessel capsizes off Mbour, Senegal.
  • 24-DEC-25 Drugs Interdiction – Over 2.7 tons of cocaine seized in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
  • 24-DEC-25 Drugs Interdiction – Combined Task Force – CTF 150 intercept multiple drug smugglers in the Arabian Sea.
  • 25-DEC-25 Robbery – Anchored yacht robbed in Bocas del Toro, Panama.
  • 25-DEC-25 Boarding – Underway barge boarded in the Singapore Strait.
  • 25-DEC-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 29 migrants intercepted off Aydin, Turkey.
  • 25-DEC-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 38 migrants rescued off Izmir, Turkey.
  • 25-DEC-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 23 migrants rescued off Aydin, Turkey.
  • 26-DEC-25 Hijacking – Unidentified oil tanker seized off Qeshm, Iran.
  • 26-DEC-25 Attack – Merchant vessel and facilities attacked in the Port of Mykolaiv, Ukraine
  • 26-DEC-25 Attack – Vessels and facilities damaged in attack on Port of Reni, Ukraine.
  • 28-DEC-25 Migrant and Refugee Incident – 22 migrants apprehended off the coast of Izmir, Turkey.
  • 29-DEC-25 General Security Warning – US Forces conduct kinetic strike on narco vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

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