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On Dec 9, 2024, at 3.17 a.m. the 'Dalma', en route from Mina-al-Zahal to Zhanjiang, was boarded by an unknown number of perpetrators about 3.1 nautical miles northwest of Pulau Cula in pos. 1° 3.5' S 98° 103.39.8' E, while underway in the eastbound lane of the Traffic Separation Scheme in the Singapore Strait , The intruders stole a B.A compressor. No injuries among the crew were reported.

On Oct 16, 2024, at 04.10 a.m. the 'Genco Constellation' was boarded by four perpetrators at the Panjang Anchorage in pos. 6° 30.06' S 105° 17.25' E. The intruders stole ship's properties and stores and escaped.

An attempted robbery was reported by the 'Pac Alnath' on Dec 3, 2024, at 8.20 a.m. The ship was docked at Berth no. 112, in Belawan in pos. 3° 47.3' S 98° 42.15' E, when five intruders tried to board the ship. The attempt failed, and nothing was reported stolen. The ship left the port on Dec 4 again, headed to Phuket.

Over the course of Nov 30, 2024, and Dec 30, the two U.S. Navy destroyers USS 'Stockdale' and USS 'O'Kane' shot down half a dozen Houthi-launched munitions while escorting the tanker 'Stena Impeccable', the container m/v 'Maersk Saratoga' and the 'Liberty Grace'. through the Gulf of Aden. The destroyers shot down three anti-ship ballistic missiles, three attack drones and one anti-ship cruise missile over the course of the two days. All three vessels were in port at Djibouti on Dec 2.

On Dec 2, 2024, at 3.43 a.m. the 'Gekazaya Miracle' was boarded by 7-8 perpetrators, who were aremed with knives, about 6.7 nautical miles northeast of Pulau Cula in pos. 1° 8.02' N 103° 45.4' E. One crew member was tied up. The intruders stole engine spares and escaped.