Small Craft Sighted, Arabian Sea
Issued: 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Date | Reference | Region | Category | Aggressors | Source |
25 Feb 2024 - 14:20 | CW Alert 036- (Feb 24) | Indian Ocean | Maritime incident | TBC | UKMTO |
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The UKMTO has reported that a small fast boat behaving in an irregular manner 20 nm East of Khor Fakkan, UAE (exact position not provided). The small, white, open topped boat with a single outboard motor approached a vessel from the North East. There were two persons onboard wearing military style camouflage uniform. The small boat followed the reporting vessel at a range of twenty to forty metres astern for over half an hour before falling astern beyond a mile. The vessel and its occupants did not otherwise act aggressively. |