A Pirate Action Group is operating in the Gulf of Guinea and is thought to be responsible for the boarding of a vessel 75nm northwest of São Tomé and Príncipe in which a crew member was injured. Elsewhere, Russia and Ukraine carried out attacks in the Black Sea on port infrastructure, and in the Singapore Strait, the sharp rise in the number of boarding and theft incidents in 2025 continued with over 15 events reported during May. There were also 6 illegal/irregular migrant incidents across the Mediterranean in Italy, Greece, Malta, Tunisia and two off the Libyan coast. For more information, view our FREE Monthly Maritime Security Incident Report below for May 2025.
