DUBAI (Reuters) – British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Saturday a security team on board a bulk carrier exchanged fire with armed individuals on a Somali-style skiff after it neared the vessel in a suspicious approach 700 nautical miles southeast of Oman’s Salalah.
“The skiff closed to 300 metres, before turning back towards a mothership,” Ambrey said in an advisory note, adding that the crew and vessel were reported to be safe.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) authority said it received a report of an incident involving a small craft and a merchant vessel 780 nautical miles east of Somalia’s Hafun.
It was not immediately clear if the UKMTO incident was the same as the one Ambrey reported.
(Reporting by Clauda Tanios and Enas Alashray, Editing by William Maclean)
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