Maritime Security Advisory Body
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The UK Royal Navy's primary point of contact for merchant vessels operating in the region, issuing real-time security alerts and coordinating responses to maritime incidents. - Issuing critical-level advisories for the Persian Gulf
For decades, the global economy has treated the Strait of Hormuz as a reliable pipeline: one-fifth of the world's oil passes through a 21-mile-wide channel between Iran and Oman every day. Five days into the US-Iran war, that pipeline is shut. An Iranian drone boat struck the Suezmax tanker Sonangol Namibe on March 4 while it sat at anchor 30 nautical miles off Kuwait's coast, breaching the hull and sending oil into the water. It was the largest commercial vessel attacked and the farthest north any strike has reached since hostilities began on February 28.
Updated 8 hours ago
A real-time warning system that turns rumors into operational risk decisions for ship operators. - Issues advisories and incident alerts for Gulf-region shipping
Iranian authorities boarded a foreign-flag tanker near Jask in the Gulf of Oman and detained 18 crew members, including the captain. Iran says the ship carried roughly 6 million litres of “smuggled” diesel and tried to flee after ignoring stop orders.
Updated Dec 13, 2025
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