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Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized the 'MSC Aries' on April 13, 2024, with 25 crew members on board. The AIS was turned off, and it was being transferred to Iran's territorial waters. A Guards navy special forces helicopter boarded the Portuguese flagged vessel and seized it 50 nautical miles northeast of the Fujairah, an area close to the Strait of Hormuz that forms the entrance to the Gulf. The 'MSC Aries' is operated by the Zodiac Maritime, an international shipping company partly owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAVVeRnW9lE

The USS 'Laboon' destroyed an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by Houthi militants in Yemen on April 8, 2024, which was targeting the 'Maersk Yorktown' in the Gulf of Aden, which was being escorted by the U.S. Navy destroyer. It was determined the ABSM presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition, and merchant vessels in the region. There were no injuries or damage reported. Yemen’s Houthi militants confirmed that a missile shot down was targeting the AP Moller-Maersk ship. The group also claimed to have launched two more operations against MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company vessels nearby.

The USS 'Laboon' destroyed an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by Houthi militants in Yemen on April 8, 2024, which was targeting the 'Maersk Yorktown' in the Gulf of Aden, which was being escorted by the U.S. Navy destroyer. It was determined the ABSM presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition, and merchant vessels in the region. There were no injuries or damage reported. Yemen’s Houthi militants confirmed that a missile shot down was targeting the AP Moller-Maersk ship. The group also claimed to have launched two more operations against MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company vessels nearby.

The 'Dark Knight'along with the drill ship ÄAmbur' was boarded by four perpetrators on March 26, 2024, at 2.40 p.m. in pos. 1° 24.35' N 103° 13.58' E off Pisang Island. Nothing was reported stolen, and no injuries were reported.

The 23 Bangladeshi sailors of the 'Abdullah' offered Eid-ul-Fitr prayers on the hatch of the 'Abdullah', spreading tarpaulin, in the afternoon of April 10 with the permission of the pirates, officials of the owner of the ship, KSRM Group, and the Bangladesh Merchant Marine Officers Association confirmed. The sailors were doing well, and there was also a lot of progress in their rescue process. Report with photo: https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/mv-abdullah-sailors-offer-eid-prayers-ship-826701